Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy; Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Rome, Italy.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2021 Sep;170:112660. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112660. Epub 2021 Jun 26.
The awareness of impact of microplastics has led stakeholders to define strategies for the reduction of plastic emission and for their removal from aquatic environments. Glitter includes a wide range of shapes, chemical types of plastics covered by a metallic layer and color addition that confer them the typical 'sparkling' aspect. Here we focus on critical aspects that make glitter a product with a potential of significant environmental impact suggesting the need to take effective measures to limit emissions. Glitter is used here as a paradigm for all emergent plastic pollutants which calls for a deeper rethinking of our concept of sustainability. We are only at the beginning of the studies on glitter in the aquatic environment but on the basis of their potential impacts now is the time to take decisions taking the sparkle off the sparkling time.
微塑料的影响意识促使利益相关者制定减少塑料排放和从水生环境中去除塑料的策略。亮片包含各种形状、被金属层覆盖的塑料化学类型和添加的颜色，使它们呈现出典型的“闪烁”外观。在这里，我们关注的是使亮片成为一种具有潜在重大环境影响的产品的关键方面，这表明需要采取有效措施限制排放。亮片在这里被用作所有新兴塑料污染物的范例，这呼吁我们更深入地重新思考我们的可持续性概念。我们在水生环境中对亮片的研究才刚刚开始，但基于它们的潜在影响，现在是时候做出决策了，让闪亮的时刻不再闪亮。
