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Microplastic Management for Preventing Risk of Persistent/Bioaccumulative Substance

Author(s) -

JeongGue Park,

Sun-Yeong Gan

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of environmental policy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1598-7582

DOI - 10.17330/joep.13.2.201406.65

Subject(s) - bioaccumulation , environmental health , environmental science , risk analysis (engineering) , business , medicine , environmental chemistry , chemistry

Plastics of the marine environment are broken gradually down into smaller particles by chemical weathering, called microplastic. Microplastics absorb organic pollutants that are persistent. bioaccumulative substances. If marine animals ingested microplastic added to contaminant, it will lead to a bioaccumation through the food web. It eventually destroy health of marine environment and is harmful to marine top predators including humans. Also, Microplastics can impact marine animals by leaching the endocrine disruptor in microplastic itself as well as playing an adsorbent role of organic pollutants. Persistent and bioaccumulative substances in Korea have been regulated in terms of chemical risk . (Microplastic) * . ** Microplastic Management for Preventing Risk of Persistent/Bioaccumulative Substance Jeong-Gue PARK* . Sun-Yeong GAN** .(Korea Environment Institute) : 2014 3 21 : 2014 6 10 : 2014 6 18 * 1: jgpark@kei.re.kr ** : sygan@kei.re.kr

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