Endocrine Abstracts

Environmental pollution by microplastics has been transcending usual stakeholders (such as policymakers and scientists) to become a public concern. The conspicuous, widespread occurrence of (micro)plastics together with the publicization by the media of its potential impacts on wildlife and human health have contributed for this state of affairs. Microplastics, typically defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, have been detected throughout the marine, freshwater and te...