Realistic Risk Assessment of Soil Microplastics Is Hampered by a Lack of Eligible Data on Particle Characteristics: A Call for Higher Reporting Standards

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTRealistic Risk Assessment of Soil Microplastics Is Hampered by a Lack of Eligible Data on Particle Characteristics: A Call for Higher Reporting StandardsUwe Schnepf*Uwe SchnepfUniversity of Stuttgart, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, Research Unit Biodiversity and Scientific Diving, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70659 Stuttgart, Germany*[email protected]More by Uwe SchnepfView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3955-4484Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 1, 3–4Publication Date (Web):December 12, 2022Publication History Received2 November 2022Published online12 December 2022Published inissue 10 January 2023https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08151Copyright © 2022 The Author. Published by American Chemical SocietyRIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views708Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (1 MB) Get e-AlertsSUBJECTS:Particle size,Particles,Polymer particles,Risk assessment,Soils Get e-Alerts