These topics will be highlighted in a lecture by Agnes Šömen Joksić, PhD, and Viviana Golja, PhD, (National Institute of Public Health); the event will be moderated by Katarina Mlinarec (Faculty of Education, Centre KemikUm).
Microplastics are small particles of different polymer materials, usually smaller than 5 mm (0.2 in). In terms of their origin, there are primary and secondary microplastics.
Primary microplastics are intentionally produced micro-sized and are added to different products, such as microbeads in skin peeling creams. Secondary microplastics are the result of the degradation of a plastic product in the environment.
Potentially toxic ingredients in a plastic material, which can be released from the polymer structure due to environmental processes, are particularly problematic. It is a fact that the risk to the environment and, consequently, to humans will increase if microplastics pollution continues at the current rate.
Lecturer: Agnes Šömen Joksić, PhD, and Viviana Golja, PhD, National Institute of Public Health
Moderator: Katarina Mlinarec, Faculty of Education, Centre KemikUm