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Plastic Pollution and Its Effect on the Environment

Plastic Pollution and Its Effect on the Environment

Trinath Biswal, Pravin Kumar Kar
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781522594529|ISBN10: 1522594523|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522594536|EISBN13: 9781522594543
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch001
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Biswal, Trinath, and Pravin Kumar Kar. "Plastic Pollution and Its Effect on the Environment." Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 1-28. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch001

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Biswal, T. & Kar, P. K. (2020). Plastic Pollution and Its Effect on the Environment. In K. Wani, L. Ariana, & S. Zuber (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution (pp. 1-28). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch001

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Biswal, Trinath, and Pravin Kumar Kar. "Plastic Pollution and Its Effect on the Environment." In Handbook of Research on Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution, edited by Khursheed Ahmad Wani, Lutfah Ariana, and S.M. Zuber, 1-28. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9452-9.ch001

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Abstract

Chlorinated plastics releases harmful chemicals and toxic substances into the surrounding soil, which can then seep into ground water or other surrounding surface water bodies in the form of a black thick liquid known as leachate causing sever water pollution. This water, if used as drinking water, causes serious harm to both plants and animals. Many advanced polymer composites used in various fields can leach into water forming hurdles. Plastic pollution is potentially poisonous to animals, which can then affect human food supplies. Plastic materials contain a number and variety of chemicals that are carcinogenic and mutagenic in nature. The five R's (recycle, reuse, reduce, remove, and refuse) can control the plastic pollution in our environment. This chapter explores plastic pollution and its effect on the environment.

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