Solving Familiar Problems: Leveraging Environmental Testing Methods for Nanomaterials to Evaluate Microplastics and Nanoplastics

Overview

Journal Nanomaterials (Basel)

Date 2022 Apr 23

PMID 35458040

Authors

Elijah Joel Petersen

Alan James Kennedy

Thorsten Huffer

Frank von der Kammer

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Abstract

The potential environmental and human health risks from microplastic (1 µm to 1 mm) and nanoplastic (<1 µm) particles (MNPs) is receiving increasing attention from scientists and the public [...]

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