- processes. The term
microplastics is used to
differentiate from larger, non-microscopic
plastic waste. Two
classifications of
microplastics are
currently recognized...
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Plastics in the
water break up into very
small particles known as
microplastics.
Microplastics can also come from
synthetic clothing washed down our drains...
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presence of plastics,
particularly microplastics,
within the food
chain is increasing. In the 1960s
microplastics were
observed in the guts of seabirds...
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effects of
microplastics on
human health are a
growing concern and an
actively increasing area of research. Tiny
particles known as
microplastics (MPs), have...
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Microplastic remediation refers to
environmental remediation techniques focused on the removal,
treatment and
containment of
microplastics (small plastic...
- 11 000 bits of
microplastics per year. Even very
minute microplastics have been
discovered in
human blood. The
extent of
microplastic pollution in the...
- to shed
microplastic fibers.
Although cellulose is
considered to be biodegradable, the
plastic components are not and
release microplastics to the environment...
- polycarbonate, polypropylene, and acrylic, can
degrade overtime releasing microplastics.
During the
construction process single use
plastic containers and wrappers...
- the
plastics industry for the
manufacture of
plastic products.
These microplastics are made
primarily from polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl...
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regarding plastic pollution in the
marine ecosystem is the use of
microplastics.
Microplastics are
beads of
plastic less than 5
millimeters wide, and they are...
