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TI Managing the analytical challenges related to micro- and nanoplastics in the environment and food: filling the knowledge gaps
BT 
AF Alexy, Pavol
   Anklam, Elke
   Emans, Ton
   Furfari, Antonino
   Galgani, Francois
   Hanke, Georg
   Koelmans, Albert
   Pant, Rana
   Saveyn, Hans
   Sokull Kluettgen, Birgit
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:3;5:4;6:2;7:5;8:2;9:6;10:2;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;
C1 Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia
   European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
   Plastics Recyclers Europe, Brussels, Belgium
   French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), Bastia, France
   Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management Group, Wageningen University & amp; Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
   European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Sevilla, Spain
C2 UNIV TECH SLOVAK, SLOVAKIA
   JRC, ITALY
   PLASTICS RECYCLERS EUROPE, BELGIUM
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS
   JRC, SPAIN
SI CORSE
SE PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC
IN WOS Ifremer UPR
   copubli-europe
IF 3.057
TC 47
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70027/67935.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Plastic;microplastics;nanoplastics;marine litter;recycling;circular economy
AB This paper identifies knowledge gaps on the sustainability and impacts of plastics and presents some recommendations from an expert group that met at a special seminar organised by the European Commission at the end of 2018. The benefits of plastics in society are unquestionable, but there is an urgent need to better manage their value chain. The recently adopted European Strategy for Plastics stressed the need to tackle the challenges related to plastics with a focus on plastic litter including microplastics. Microplastics have been detected mainly in the marine environment, but also in freshwater, soil and air. Based on today’s knowledge they may also be present in food products. Although nanoplastics have not yet been detected, it can be assumed that they are also present in the environment. This emerging issue presents challenges to better understand future research needs and the appropriate immediate actions to be taken to support the necessary societal and policy initiatives. It has become increasingly apparent that a broad and systematic approach is required to achieve sustainable actions and solutions along the entire supply chain. It is recognised that there is a pressing need for the monitoring of the environment and food globally. However, despite the number of research projects increasing, there is still a lack of suitable and validated analytical methods for detection and quantification of micro- and nanoplastics. There is also a lack of hazard and fate data which would allow for their risk assessment. Some priorities are identified in this paper to bridge the knowledge gaps for appropriate management of these challenges. At the same time it is acknowledged that there is a great complexity in the challenges that need to be tackled before a really comprehensive environmental assessment of plastics, covering their entire life cycle, will be possible. 
PY 2020
PD JAN
SO Food Additives And Contaminants Part A-chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment
SN 1944-0049
PU Informa UK Limited
VL 37
IS 1
UT 000490274200001
BP 1
EP 10
DI 10.1080/19440049.2019.1673905
ID 70027
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