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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48823| Title: | Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine environment |
| Keywords: | Editorials Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects Microplastics |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher: | Medical Portals Ltd. |
| Citation: | Galea, W., & Ellul, I. C. (eds.) (2019). Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine environment. The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 18(4), 3. |
| Abstract: | I will start this editorial with some staggering numbers. Every year worldwide, more than 8,000,000 tons of plastic end up in our seas. In a business-as-usual scenario, this is expected to increase to 16,000,000 tons by 2030 and 32,000,000 tons by 2050. If no action is taken our seas are expected to contain 1 tonne of plastic for every 3 tonnes of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastic than fish by weight. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/48823 |
| Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Volume 18, Issue 4 The Synapse, Volume 18, Issue 4 |
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