Plastics Pollution

Anupam Rajak (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

140 Seiten

2020
Scholars' Press (Verlag)
9786138921523 (ISBN)

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The accumulation of plastics in coastal area is continuously increasing. We produce more and more amounts of garbage daily. Single use plastics or disposable plastics are accumulated in the marine environments. Single use plastics are effects our marine ecosystems. Single use plastics particles are broken down to produce smaller and smaller plastics particles. These small sized particles are called microplastics. Microplastics are harmfull to our health when we ingested through food chain. Exoposure to microplastics causes serious health problems like neurotoxicity, inflammation, genotoxicity, necrosis, cancers, leukemia, tissue damage, asthma, liver damage and many more problems. This book is helpful to schlors, scientists, readers, students, researchers, undergraduate, postgraduate students and interested people.This book consists of five chapters. The first chapter gives definition of monomer and polymers, plastics, biodegradation, and resins. The first chapter describes the classification of plastics, history of plastics, types of plastics, different types of thermoplastics, and application of plastics. The first chapter also gives additives and its causes serious health proble

Rajak, Anupam Anupam Rajak is author of this book.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.09.2020
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	216 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
Schlagworte	anupam rajak • Marine Biology • Microplastics • plastics pollution • Water pollution
ISBN-13	9786138921523 / 9786138921523
Zustand	Neuware