Microplastic Pollution and Risks. Toxicity, Ecosystems, Water, Food, Air, and Human Health

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Microplastic Pollution and Risks. Toxicity, Ecosystems, Water, Food, Air, and Human Health

Original language description

Plastic waste/plastic pollution is ubiquitous and is reported across the globe (from the Arctic to the Antarctic. from the surface to sediment). Plastics are synthetic materials/synthetic polymers made from petrochemicals. Global production of plastics was 381 million metric tons (MMT) in 2015 compared to only 2 MMT in 1950. Based on global plastic consumption Push &apos;Global production paragraph .... up after petrochemicals in 2015, packaging accounts for nearly 36% of plastic used followed by building and construction (16%), and textiles (14.5%). Most of the top plastic waste producers are low to upper-middle-income countries, where fast economic growth is occurring, but waste management infrastructure is lacking. These are China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Egypt, Malaysia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, South Africa, India, Algeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Brazil, Myanmar (Burma), Morocco, and North Korea. The main risks of plastic pollution are: they are not biodegradable and may persist in the environment for a very long period, can contaminate surface waters, sediments, agricultural food, and seafood, can harm biota (fish and plants); and can be transferred to humans via contaminated water and food. In addition, uncontrolled combustion of plastics can release toxic substances (e.g., CO2) that cause climate change and plastic pollution can undermine achieving UN sustainable development goals.

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Czech description

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Type

B - Specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-93-94645-57-8

Number of pages

313

Publisher name

Scientific Publishers

Place of publication

Jodhpur, New Delhi, India

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