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- Wageningen Environmental Research - Netherlands,
- Wageningen Marine Research - Netherlands
Microplastics research has grown substantially over the past years due to concerns with the public, the scientific community and environmentalist groups. They are often detected in environmental compartments but the hazards and risks they pose are debated and largely unknown. Regulatory efforts to examine microplastic safety (ECHA, EU, EFSA) have been raised as future areas of concern and focus. Assessing the applicability and adaptability of the existing hazard assessment framework to solid polymer particles can provide insight into the relative hazard of these particles and will help to identify future targeted testing efforts to support read-across and categorical assessment of solid polymer particles.
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Knowledge Gaps
Characteristics of plastic-general
Environmental fate and behavior of plastic
Environmental effects and ecotoxicity
Chronic or long-term effects, multiple forms and/or sources
Characterization test methods
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