Microplastics: when small is huge and eternal
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Abstract
The health challenge associated with chronic ingestion of micro and nanoplastics extend beyond the emergence of new diseases or the rising prevalence and severity of existing ones.
These materials also challenge our traditional understanding of causality in health issues. This
work suggests that plastics, and specifically micro- and nanoplastics, can be classified as what Morton refers to as hyperobjects. Hyperobjects are entities that transcend conventional scales of time, space, and common sense.
