Plastic pollution: the science we need for the planet we want.
Plastic pollution: the science we need for the planet we want.
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DOI：
10.1042/etls20220019
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发表时间：
2022-12
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Winnie Courtene-Jones;N. Clark;Richard C. Thompson
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作者：
Winnie Courtene-Jones;N. Clark;Richard C. Thompson
塑料是一种用途广泛的材料，可以带来各种社会和环境效益，但目前的生产、使用和处置做法对野生动物、环境和人类健康产生了负面影响，导致公众、政策制定者和行业越来越关注。生命科学新兴主题的这期特刊描述了我们对塑料污染后果的理解的最新进展。特别是，它审查了它们作为环境中化学品和病原体载体的潜力;评估了塑料污染对生物化学循环和生态系统功能的影响，并强调了在气候已经发生实质性变化的环境中增强影响的潜力。塑料对包括土壤群落在内的陆地生态系统的影响被描述和评估，沿着的是对人类健康潜在问题的证据。随着标记为“可生物降解”的塑料生产的增加，审查了它们的环境和生态影响。最后，我们讨论了在制定和评估塑料污染解决方案时采取综合、系统方法的必要性，以实现《联合国塑料条约》雄心勃勃但又必要的目标。
Plastics are incredibly versatile materials that can bring diverse societal and environmental benefit, yet current practices of production, use and disposal have negative effects on wildlife, the environment and human health leading to growing concern across public, policy makers and industry. This Special Issue in Emerging Topics in Life Sciences describes recent advances in our understanding of the consequences of plastic pollution. In particular, it examines their potential to act as vectors for chemicals and pathogens in the environment; evaluates the effects of plastic pollution on biogeochemical cycling, ecosystem functioning and highlights the potential for enhanced effects in environments that are already subject to substantive changes in their climate. The impacts plastics pose to terrestrial ecosystems including soil communities are described and evaluated, along with evidence of potential issues for human health. With an increase in the production of plastics labelled as 'biodegradable' their context and ecological impacts are reviewed. Finally, we discuss the need to take an integrative, system approach when developing and evaluating solutions to plastic pollution, to achieve the ambitious yet necessary aims of the UN Plastics Treaty.