The Current Situation of the Legislative Gap on Microplastics (MPs) as New Pollutants for the Environment

• Published in: Water, air, and soil pollution Vol. 235; no. 12; p. 778
• Main Authors: Casella, Claudio, Vadivel, Dhanalakshmi, Dondi, Daniele
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.12.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: air; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental hazards; Environmental health; Hazard identification; Hazard mitigation; Health hazards; human health; humans; Hydrogeology; issues and policy; Microplastic pollution; Microplastics; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; Pollution; risk; soil; Soil Science & Conservation; Standardization; water; Water Quality/Water Pollution; Plastic management; Pollution; Microplastics; Legislation; Environmental health

Microplastics (MPs) are plastic debris having a size ≤ 5 mm. The detrimental impact of MPs on the environment and, consequently, their dangerous effects on human health (emerging risk) have attracted much attention in recent years. Contamination by microplastics is difficult to measure, due to the n...