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Publicly Available Published by De Gruyter April 30, 2020

The Environment, Health and Food Safety Impact of Microplastics

From the journal Chemistry International

This project brings scientists and experts across IUPAC Divisions together to tackle the microplastics issue from published results and data in literature. Plastic is the most important material (iron and steel too) in terms of their environmental impacts in a UNEP (2010) report. Unintentional breakdown debris (from 1 μm to 5 mm) of plastic is termed microplastics. The issue of microplastics in the environment has recently become the media focus as they are regularly ingested by people worldwide. However, their impacts on the environment, human health, or food safety are not fully understood yet.

Due to the nature of the problem, the high-risk level, and the wide distribution (it adversely affects billions of people and the whole biosphere) of microplastics, it is necessary for polymer experts, analytical chemists, environmental scientists, and diversified stakeholders experts from all areas to work together on this important, interdisciplinary mission. The consortium will i) collect the literature and data from literature, ii) model the distribution of microplastics in the environment, iii) measure the consequences to biosphere and the environmental impact, iv) degradability, bioavailability, and toxicity, v) risk assessment, and conclusions and recommendations.

For more information and comments, contact Task Group Chair Weiping Wu <> | https://iupac.org/project/2019-026-2-600

Published Online: 2020-04-30
Published in Print: 2020-04-01

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