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ClearThe Risk and Potentiality of Engaging with Sustainability Problems in Education—A Pragmatist Teaching Approach
This educational philosophy paper examines tensions between using education to address sustainability crises and avoiding the instrumentalization of schools for policy agendas. This theoretical paper is not directly related to microplastic research.
Introduction to Part II
This is an introductory chapter in a social science book framing how invisible toxicants and pollution are embedded in everyday modern life. It is a humanities perspective piece rather than an empirical study of microplastics.
Analisis Ontologis Mikroplastik Dalam Tubuh Manusia Sebagai Ancaman Terhadap Hakikat Eksistensi Dan Kesehatan Biologis Modern
This Indonesian philosophical-scientific article performed an ontological analysis of microplastics in the human body, examining what their pervasive accumulation means for human existence and biological health. The work integrated philosophical frameworks with scientific evidence on microplastic exposure pathways and health risks.
How to do things in the Plasticene: Ontopolitics of plastics in Arendt, Barthes, and Massumi
This humanities paper analyzes plastic as a cultural and philosophical object in the current geological era using the frameworks of Hannah Arendt, Roland Barthes, and Brian Massumi. It argues that plastic has become so embedded in modern life as to be nearly invisible and unthinkable, which contributes to difficulty in addressing plastic pollution.
Hegel and postmodernity: Towards in-finitude
This paper is not about microplastics. It is a philosophy article examining the relationship between Hegel's thought and postmodernity, arguing that postmodernity is a transitional phase rather than a distinct epoch succeeding modernity. It has no connection to microplastic pollution or environmental science.
Addressing the Uncertainties in the Environmental Analysis, Modeling, Source and Risk Assessment of Emerging Contaminants
Despite its title referencing emerging contaminants broadly, this paper is a methodological review of uncertainties in environmental research — covering sampling errors, modeling limitations, and risk assessment gaps across all contaminant types — not a study specifically about microplastics or their health effects. It is not directly relevant to microplastic pollution or human health.
Stability in the heart of chaos; (Un)sustainable refrains in the language of climate crisis
This conceptual paper examines how the word "sustainability" has become overused in environmental education and marketing, potentially creating a false sense of progress while harmful practices continue. While not directly about microplastics, the critique is relevant because many plastic products are marketed as "sustainable" without addressing the microplastic pollution they generate. The paper calls for more radical approaches to environmental education rather than relying on sustainability as a feel-good label.
Analisis Ontologis Mikroplastik Dalam Tubuh Manusia Sebagai Ancaman Terhadap Hakikat Eksistensi Dan Kesehatan Biologis Modern
This literature review applied ontological analysis to examine the implications of microplastic accumulation in the human body for modern biological health. The authors synthesized Indonesian and international research on exposure pathways and health effects to argue that microplastics represent a fundamental threat to human biological integrity.
Superficial or Substantial: Why Care about Microplastics in the Anthropocene?
This viewpoint paper argues that microplastics represent a genuinely significant environmental threat rather than a superficial concern, examining the scientific evidence and social dimensions of the issue. The authors make the case for treating microplastic pollution as a priority environmental challenge in the Anthropocene.
At Home in an Unhomely World: on Living with Waste
This philosophical essay explores what it means to live in a world permeated by modern waste—microplastics in water, chemicals in soil, particles in air—and argues that society must learn to coexist with pollution rather than simply trying to eliminate it. It raises important ethical and existential questions about environmental contamination.
What´s missing in our environment? (2019)
This reflective essay on ecology and environmental awareness discusses what has been lost and what challenges face modern society in relating to the natural environment. It is a philosophical piece with no primary scientific data on microplastics.
Accountability in the environmental crisis: From microsocial practices to moral orders
This paper is not relevant to microplastics — it is a sociological theory paper examining how accountability works in micro-level social interactions within the broader context of the environmental crisis.
The Task of Envisioning Security for the Anthropocene
Not directly relevant to microplastics — this is a political science and philosophy essay arguing for a broader, holistic concept of security in the Anthropocene that encompasses climate change, ecosystem degradation, and pandemics.
Environmental sustainability from the perspective of political economy
Not relevant to microplastics — this book chapter takes a political economy perspective on environmental sustainability, discussing climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution at a broad policy and philosophical level rather than conducting original microplastics research.
INDUCTION: An Unknown at the Heart of Our Lives
This short philosophical text is an invitation to a contemplative practice called "induction." It has no direct relevance to microplastic pollution or environmental science.
Natural History of Derangement
This appears to be a philosophical or literary essay about the destabilization of what humans have assumed are permanent conditions of Earth's environment. It is not a scientific study and is not directly related to microplastics research.
On the Creation of Risk: Framing of Microplastics Risks in Science and Media
This study analyzes how microplastic risks are framed in scientific literature and media coverage, finding that scientific uncertainty is often amplified into public alarm through media framing, and examining the social construction of environmental risk in the absence of definitive toxicological evidence.
Défragmenter notre personnalité par le dialogue art-science : pour une co-énonciation écologique, transformative et une éthique joyeuse, allant de soi
This paper is not about microplastics; it is a French-language philosophical essay on personal ecological ethics, proposing that individuals can develop a spontaneous, joyful environmental ethic through inner harmony achieved by integrating scientific and artistic sensibilities.
Microplastics: addressing ecological risk through lessons learned
Researchers reviewed the current state of microplastic ecological risk assessment and proposed applying lessons learned from more established fields of environmental research. The study suggests that despite widespread concern about microplastic pollution, scientific understanding of actual ecological risk remains limited, and future research should follow more rigorous risk assessment frameworks.
On the issue of microplastics in the environment
This paper examines the origins of microplastic pollution, arguing that its emergence is not solely attributable to polymer chemistry advances and cannot be explained simply by physicochemical degradation processes acting on plastic materials.
The decaying stuff of the Anthropocene: exploring contemporary trashscapes through ruination
This paper is not primarily a scientific study of microplastic pollution. It is a humanities/social theory article that uses the concept of 'ruination' to philosophically examine how waste and trash are transforming landscapes in the Anthropocene era, arguing that collective wastage is turning natural environments into 'trashscapes.'
Framing pollution
This social science analysis explores how "pollution" — and microplastics specifically — is defined not just by science but by political, economic, and cultural forces. The paper examines different ways of framing microplastic pollution: as a waste management failure, a consumer behavior problem, or an inevitable product of industrial capitalism, each with different implications for who bears responsibility. It argues that understanding the social and political dimensions of microplastic pollution is essential for developing just and effective responses.
Environmental Risks between Conceptualization and Action
This paper examines how conceptual frameworks for risk can be applied to environmental hazards in the context of population growth, urbanization, and economic expansion. It is relevant to understanding how microplastic risks can be assessed and managed alongside other environmental hazards.
The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability
Despite its title referencing sustainability, this entry appears to be an introductory page from an academic handbook ("The Palgrave Handbook of Practical Sustainability") — not a research paper on microplastic pollution. The excerpt contains only editorial acknowledgements and is not relevant to microplastics or human health.