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Microplastics and Nanoplastics
Microplastics and Nanoplastics are tiny plastic particles that may end up in the environment. What are the effects of these plastics in the sea and fresh water? To answer that question Wageningen University & Research conducts research on microplastics and nanoplastics in the sea, in freshwater and in marine and freshwater organisms.
Size of microplastics and nanoplastics
- Microplastics are microscopic in size: 50 µm - 5 mm (0.05-5mm) (Andrady 2011)
- Nanoplastics are 1,000 times smaller than an algal cell.
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News 2015 - 2020
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Bart Koelmans succeeds Marten Scheffer as chair holder
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Evidence on microplastics does not yet point to widespread risk, say Europe’s top scientists group
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Evidence on microplastics does not yet point to widespread risk
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Sustainable clothing made from fungi
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Plastic soup for human consumption?
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'Standards are desperately needed for plastic and pesticide contamination in soil'
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2017 EGU press conference on microplastics by Esperanza Huerta
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Economics of Pollution Management
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SETAC Europe: 2,000 scientists discuss cutting-edge research in environmental toxicology and chemistry
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Microplastics paper highlighted in Sciencemag