Opinion: we need better data about the environmental persistence of plastic goods
Opinion: we need better data about the environmental persistence of plastic goods
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2020-06-10
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Ward, Collin P.
Reddy, Christopher M.
Reddy, Christopher M.
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10.1073/pnas.2008009117
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Plastic pollution is one of the most visible and complex environmental issues today. Interested and concerned parties include researchers, governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, industry, media, and the general public. One key assumption behind the issue and the public outcry is that plastics last indefinitely in the environment, resulting in chronic exposure that harms animals and humans. But the data supporting this assumption are scant.
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Author Posting. © National Academy of Sciences, 2020. This article is posted here by permission of National Academy of Sciences for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117(26), (2020): 14618-14621, doi:10.1073/pnas.2008009117.
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Ward, C. P., & Reddy, C. M. (2020). Opinion: we need better data about the environmental persistence of plastic goods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(26), 14618-14621.