microplastics
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59 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Primary microplastics
- Secondary microplastics
- Nanoplastics
- Sources of microplastics
- Oral intake
- Clothing
- Containers and packaging
- Bottled water
- Baby bottles
- Single-use plastic products
- Construction and renovation
- Cosmetics industry
- Fishing industry
- Manufacturing
- Personal protective equipment
- Sewage treatment plants
- Transportation
- Car and truck tires
- Shipping
- Exposure pathways
- Air
- Water
- Oceans
- Ice cores
- Freshwater
- Watersheds
- Soil
- Salt and seafood
- Composition
- Effects on the environment
- Marine and freshwater organisms
- Microbes, soil ecosystems and terrestrial plants
- Animals
- Gastrointestinal effects
- Persistent organic pollutants and emerging organic contaminants
- Geophysics
- Human health
- Prevention
- Dust control
- Treatment
- Filtering
- Collection devices
- Microplastics detection
- Education and recycling
- Funding
- Policy and legislation
- China
- European Union
- Haiti
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- United Kingdom
- United States
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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Microplastics are "synthetic solid particles or polymeric matrices, with regular or irregular shape and with size ranging from 1 μm to 5 mm, of either primary or secondary manufacturing origin, which are insoluble in water."