Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

Microplastics are not microplastics are not microplastics, just like pesticides are not pesticides are not pesticides. “Microplastics,” like other classes of chemical contaminants, is a catch‐all term for a variety of unique chemical compounds. Yet, many scientific publications, policy reports, and...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental toxicology and chemistry 2019-04, Vol.38 (4), p.703-711
Hauptverfasser: Rochman, Chelsea M., Brookson, Cole, Bikker, Jacqueline, Djuric, Natasha, Earn, Arielle, Bucci, Kennedy, Athey, Samantha, Huntington, Aimee, McIlwraith, Hayley, Munno, Keenan, De Frond, Hannah, Kolomijeca, Anna, Erdle, Lisa, Grbic, Jelena, Bayoumi, Malak, Borrelle, Stephanie B., Wu, Tina, Santoro, Samantha, Werbowski, Larissa M., Zhu, Xia, Giles, Rachel K., Hamilton, Bonnie M., Thaysen, Clara, Kaura, Ashima, Klasios, Natasha, Ead, Lauren, Kim, Joel, Sherlock, Cassandra, Ho, Annissa, Hung, Charlotte
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Chemical pollution
Contaminants
Microplastics
Pesticides
Plastics
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Zusammenfassung:Microplastics are not microplastics are not microplastics, just like pesticides are not pesticides are not pesticides. “Microplastics,” like other classes of chemical contaminants, is a catch‐all term for a variety of unique chemical compounds. Yet, many scientific publications, policy reports, and media articles present microplastics as if they are simply a single compound or type of material.
ISSN:0730-7268
1552-8618
DOI:10.1002/etc.4371