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Bibliographic resource
Type of document
Journal article
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AS
Title
Risk posed by microplastics: Scientific evidence and public perception
Abstract
Microplastic pollution has sparked interest from researchers, public, industries and regulators, due to reports of extensive microplastics presence in the environment, household dust, drinking water, and food that indicate chronic exposure to organisms within ecosystems and in human living spaces. While exposure to microplastics is evident, negative effects from microplastics appear to be minimal in most studies on biota and no risk assessments have been completed for microplastics on human health. Despite current evidence that indicates that microplastics present low risk to biota, there is public perception that microplastics are a serious environmental and human health risk, and this perception has motivated political action. The discrepancy between scientific evidence and public risk perception has generated debate amongst researchers within the natural and social sciences. Here, we review the evidence on the risks of microplastics to ecosystem and human health, and consider the relation between evidence and public perception of microplastics risk.
WebOfScience code
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000659958300011
Bibliographic citation
Catarino, A.I.; Kramm, J.; Völker, C.; Henry, T.B.; Everaert, G. (2021). Risk posed by microplastics: Scientific evidence and public perception. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 29: 100467. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100467
Is peer reviewed
true

Authors

author
Name
Ana Catarino
Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8796-0869
Affiliation
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
author
Name
Johanna Kramm
author
Name
Carolin Völker
author
Name
Theodore Henry
author
Name
Gert Everaert
Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4305-0617
Affiliation
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee

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https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100467

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term
Risk assessment (term code: 77447 - defined in term set: CSA Technology Research Database Master Thesaurus)

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date created
2021-02-18
date modified
2024-08-05