A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society

SAPEA Working Group; Koelmans, Bart and Henderson, Lesley. (2019) A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society. SAPEA, Berlin.

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Abstract

The best available evidence suggests that microplastics and nanoplastics do not pose a widespread risk to humans or the environment, except in small pockets. But that evidence is limited, and the situation could change if pollution continues at the current rate.

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Koelmans, Bart and Henderson, Lesley ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0317-2890;