Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research
Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research
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让公民参与空气中的微塑料和微纤维研究
DOI：
10.1017/plc.2023.11
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2023
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Williams B
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微塑料在我们的环境中无处不在，但它们在空气中的存在却不太清楚。家庭可能是空气中微塑料和微纤维的主要来源，因为家庭内经常使用和储存塑料和纺织品。由于无障碍方面的挑战，如果没有公民的参与，就很难研究这些环境中的存在、集中和分布情况。很少有研究探讨了室内微塑料和微纤维流行的复杂性，或者室内暴露与可以降低其浓度的行为和监管方法之间的联系。应用五重创新螺旋框架，在其中应用共同创造的公民科学研究方法，为公民塑造科学方法提供了机会，确保方法可以获得和适合广泛使用，并由公民设计，为公民服务。探索工业公民使用塑料和纺织品的行为和动机可能会减少这些颗粒的产生。未来的研究在设计测量和减少家庭中微塑料浓度的研究策略时，应考虑公民参与的重要性，以便对它们的产生和分布有细致入微的了解，并促进制定适当的行为，工业和监管信息和缓解措施。
Microplastics are ubiquitous in our environment but their presence in air is less well understood. Homes are likely a key source of airborne microplastics and microfibres to the environment owing to the frequent use and storage of plastics and textiles within them. Studying their presence, concentration and distribution in these environments is difficult without the participation of citizens due to accessibility challenges. Few studies have examined the intricacies of the prevalence of indoor microplastics and microfibres or the link between indoor exposure and behavioural and regulatory approaches that could reduce their concentrations. The application of a quintuple innovation helix framework, within which a co-creative citizen science research methodology is applied, provides an opportunity for citizens to shape the scientific method, ensuring that methods are accessible and appropriate for widespread use and designed by the citizen, for the citizen. Exploring behaviours and motivations in plastic and textile use by citizens with industry may reduce the generation of these particles. Future studies should consider the importance of citizen inclusion when designing research strategies for measuring and reducing microplastic concentrations in homes, enabling a nuanced understanding of their generation and distribution and facilitating the development of appropriate behavioural, industrial and regulatory messaging and mitigative measures.