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Indian Journal of Communicable Diseases 11(2):p 63-65, July-Dec 2025. | DOI: 10.21088/ijcd.2395.6631.11225.3
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Emerging Threat of Microplastic Pollution: A Comprehensive Review
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Indian Journal of Communicable Diseases 11(2):p 63-65, July-Dec 2025. | DOI: 10.21088/ijcd.2395.6631.11225.3
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Ekta Arora, Shashi Saxena. Emerging threat of Microplastic Pollution: A Comprehensive Review. Indian J Comm Dis. 2025;11(2): 63-65.Timeline
Received : September 23, 2025
Accepted : November 06, 2025
Published : December 30, 2025
Abstract
In the recent decades, Microplastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental and public health challenge. Though the evidence regarding the health implications and mitigation strategies for the microplastics is on a rise, yet there are persist significant gaps in understanding the full extent of microplastics. A comprehensive review is thus essential to figure the magnitude of the burden, long term health implications and challenges and limitations in the mitigation strategies. An integrated waste management system, focussing on the four R’s hierarchy–reduce, reuse, recycle, recover can serve as an important hallmark in source reduction and resource consumptions, thus contributing to reduce mismatched plastic pollution.
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Ekta Arora, Shashi Saxena. Emerging threat of Microplastic Pollution: A Comprehensive Review. Indian J Comm Dis. 2025;11(2): 63-65.
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| September 23, 2025 | November 06, 2025 | December 30, 2025 |
DOI: 10.21088/ijcd.2395.6631.11225.3
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| Received | September 23, 2025 |
| Accepted | November 06, 2025 |
| Published | December 30, 2025 |
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