Sources of Microplastic Generation in the Environment

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jun 22;20(13):6202. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20136202.

Authors

José Machado Moita Neto¹, Elaine Aparecida da Silva²

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba-UFDPar, Ministro Reis Velloso Campus, Parnaíba 64202-020, Brazil.
² Department of Water Resources, Geotechnics and Environmental Sanitation, Universidade Federal do Piauí-UFPI, Ministro Petrônio Portella Campus, Teresina 64049-550, Brazil.

Abstract

The number of scientific papers on microplastics in the environment has grown exponentially [...].

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Environmental Monitoring
Microplastics* / toxicity
Plastics
Water Pollutants, Chemical*

Substances

Microplastics
Plastics
Water Pollutants, Chemical