Stories of Global Chemical Pollution: Will We Ever Understand Environmental Persistence?

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTStories of Global Chemical Pollution: Will We Ever Understand Environmental Persistence?Martin Scheringer*Martin ScheringerInstitute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, SwitzerlandRECETOX, Masaryk University, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic*[email protected]More by Martin ScheringerView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0809-7826, Jana H. JohanssonJana H. JohanssonDepartment of Thematic Studies - Environmental Change, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, SwedenMore by Jana H. Johanssonhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6194-1491, Matthew E. SalterMatthew E. SalterDepartment of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, SwedenMore by Matthew E. Salterhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-3265, Bo ShaBo ShaDepartment of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, SwedenMore by Bo Shahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2176-0709, and Ian T. CousinsIan T. CousinsDepartment of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, SwedenMore by Ian T. Cousinshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7035-8660Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 24, 17498–17501Publication Date (Web):December 2, 2022Publication History Received9 September 2022Published online2 December 2022Published inissue 20 December 2022https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c06611https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06611article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2022 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views5626Altmetric-Citations1LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Degradation,Environmental pollution,Plastics Get e-Alerts