Risk posed by microplastics: Scientific evidence and public perception
Risk posed by microplastics: Scientific evidence and public perception
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cogsc.2021.100467
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发表时间：
2021-03-17
影响因子：
9.3
通讯作者：
Everaert, Gert
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作者：
Catarino, Ana, I;Kramm, Johanna;Everaert, Gert
微塑料污染引起了研究人员、公众、行业和监管机构的兴趣，因为有报道称环境、家庭灰尘、饮用水和食品中广泛存在微塑料，这表明微塑料长期暴露于生态系统和人类生活空间中的有机体。尽管暴露于微塑料是显而易见的，但在大多数关于生物群的研究中，微塑料的负面影响似乎很小，而且尚未完成微塑料对人类健康的风险评估。尽管目前的证据表明微塑料对生物群的风险很低，但公众认为微塑料是一种严重的环境和人类健康风险，这种看法促使人们采取政治行动。科学证据与公众风险认知之间的差异在自然科学和社会科学领域的研究人员中引发了争论。在这里，我们回顾了微塑料对生态系统和人类健康风险的证据，并考虑了证据与公众对微塑料风险的认知之间的关系。
Microplastic pollution has sparked interest from researchers, public, industries, and regulators owing to reports of extensive presence of microplastics in the environment, household dust, drinking water, and food, which indicates chronic exposure to organisms within ecosystems and in human living spaces. Although exposure to microplastics is evident, negative effects from microplastics appear to be minimal in most studies on biota, and no risk assessments have been completed for microplastics on human health. Despite current evidence that indicates that microplastics present low risk to biota, there is public perception that microplastics are a serious environmental and human health risk, and this perception has motivated political action. The discrepancy between scientific evidence and public risk perception has generated debate among researchers within the natural and social sciences. Here, we review the evidence on the risks of microplastics to ecosystem and human health and consider the relation between evidence and public perception of microplastics risk.