New blog post. A mass balance shows that 11-13 million tonnes of plastic escape into the environment every year in the EU. This is not just a leakage—it’s systemic.
#PlasticPollution #PlasticCrisis #EnvironmentalScience
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Overview: Plastic circularity: Challenges, opportunities, and future pathways | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

There is no solid evidence that plastic particles can cross the blood-brain barrier. The article you’re probably referring is a bad use of Py-GC/MS. Most toxicological results use high concentrations of unrealistic particles like PS latex. Probably I have read much more than you.

Recent article in Journal of Hazardous Materials: Aquatic toxicity of UV-irradiated commercial polypropylene plastic
particles and associated chemicals.
doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

Should we be worried about the presence of micro- and nanoplastics in drinking water? Do they pose a health risk?rosal.web.uah.es/en/blog.html

Mass vs. number concentrations: Can 1 particle and 300,000 particles be the same? How much plastic is falling down on us? rosal.web.uah.es/en/blog.html