Microplastics and Your Health Problems

By Anupam Rajak

Microplastics are effects our marine ecosystems. Not only marine ecosystems but also its effects our health through food chain. This book introduces about microplastics and how microplastics effects our health.

This book consists of eight chapters. The First Chapter give definition of polymers, plastics, biodegradation, and resins. The First Chapter also describes of resin identification code and various discovery in plastics industry. The Second Chapter deals with the different types of plastics additives and its health effects via food. The Third Chapter give definition of microplastics, nanoplastics, mesoplastics, microfiber, marine debris, nurdles, and microbeads. The Third Chapter also introduces the soureces and classification of microplastics, plastics waste generation per year in various country. The Fourth Chapter discusses plastics pollution causes and its effects. The Fifth Chapter has a special mention on plastics and its health effects. The Sixth Chapter provides on the microplastics sampling and microplastics identification. The Seventh Chapter describes about the microplastics sensor and its objectives. The Eight Chapter build a preliminary overview of single use plastics and how to reduce plastics pollution?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anupam Rajak
• Release date: May 16, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393017387

Anupam Rajak

Anupam Rajak received his B.Sc in Botany from the Raghunathpur College, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University. He has published several articles in international journal. His email address is [e-mail]

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Author: Anupam Rajak

Contents

Preface............................................................................................. 5

About the Author.............................................................................6

Chapter 1. Introduction to Plastics..........................................7-13

1.1 What is Plastics?

1.2 Biodegradation

1.3 What is Resins?

1.4 Resin Identification Code

Chapter 2. Plastics Additives and its Health Effects...........14-15

2.1 Dibutyl Phthalate

2.2 Diethyl Phthalate

2.3 Bisphenol A

2.4 Flame Retardants

Chapter 3.  Microplastics........................................................16-26

3.1 What are Microplastics?

3.2 Sources of Microplastics

3.3 Classification

3.4 Professor Richard Thompson

3.5 What is Nanoplastics?

3.6 What is Mesoplastics?

3.7 What is Microfiber?

3.8 Marine Debris

3.9 What is Nurdles?

4.0 What are Microbeads?

4.1 Plastic Waste

Chapter 4. Plastic Pollution: Causes and Effects..................27-31

4.1 Causes of Plastic Pollution

4.2 Effects of Plastic Pollution

4.3 Plastics and Human Health

4.4 Effects of Microfiber Pollution

4.5 Effects of Microbeads Pollution

4.6 Plastics Destroy Our Coral Reefs

Chapter 5. Plastics and Its Health Effects..............................32-33

5.1 Disease Caused by Plastics

Chapter 6. Microplastics Sampling and Identification.........34-43

6.1 Sampling of Microplastics

6.2 Location

6.3 Collection

6.4 Objectives of Sampling

6.5 Equipments

6.6 Neuston Net

6.7 Manta Net

6.8 Avani Trawl Net

6.9 Plankton Net

6.10 Bongo Net

6.11 Marine Debris Tracker APP

6.12 Microplastics Identification

6.13 Pyrolysis-GS/MS

6.14 Raman Spectroscopy

6.15 Infrared Spectroscopy

6.16 Fourier Transform Infrared

6.17 Scanning Electron Microscopy/Energy Dispersive x-ray Spectroscopy

Chapter 7. Microplastics Sensor..................................................44

7.1 Objectives of Sensor

7.2 Draper: The Microplastics Sensor

Chapter 8. Single Use Plastics.................................................45-49

8.1 Impacts of Single Use Plastics

8.2 How to reduce plastics pollution?

8.3 Microbeads Bans

8.4 Microbeads-Free Waters Act, 2015  

Preface

Microplastics are effects our marine ecosystems. Not only marine ecosystems but also its effects our health through food chain. This book introduces about microplastics and how microplastics effects our health.

This book consists of eight chapters. The First Chapter give definition of polymers, plastics, biodegradation, and resins. The First Chapter also describes of resin identification code and various discovery in plastics industry. The Second Chapter deals with the different types of plastics additives and its health effects via food. The Third Chapter give definition of microplastics, nanoplastics, mesoplastics, microfiber, marine debris, nurdles, and microbeads. The Third Chapter also introduces the soureces and classification of microplastics, plastics waste generation per year in various country. The Fourth Chapter discusses plastics pollution causes and its effects. The Fifth Chapter has a special mention on plastics and its health effects. The Sixth Chapter provides on the microplastics sampling and microplastics identification. The Seventh Chapter describes about the microplastics sensor and its objectives. The Eight Chapter build a preliminary overview of single use plastics and how to reduce plastics pollution?

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