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A pollution crisis of synthetic plastic polymers and their hidden chemical complexity

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Somarelli, JA; Diana, ZT; Rittschof, D; Dunphy-Daly, MM; Virdin, J; Nowlin, M; Vincoff, S; Bossa, N; Wiesner, M; Jayasundara, N; Mendis, G ...
Published in: One Earth
November 21, 2025

The diverse material properties of plastic polymers have prompted their extensive use, resulting in widespread pollution, including environmental contamination by chemical additives used to enhance polymer properties. Additives have diverse biological impacts, underscoring a need to understand the hidden complexity of additive exposures from plastic polymer pollution.

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2590-3322

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2590-3330

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November 21, 2025

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8

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11

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  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 37 Earth sciences
 

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Somarelli, J. A., Diana, Z. T., Rittschof, D., Dunphy-Daly, M. M., Virdin, J., Nowlin, M., … Arnold, J. W. (2025). A pollution crisis of synthetic plastic polymers and their hidden chemical complexity. One Earth, 8(11). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101518
Somarelli, J. A., Z. T. Diana, D. Rittschof, M. M. Dunphy-Daly, J. Virdin, M. Nowlin, S. Vincoff, et al. “A pollution crisis of synthetic plastic polymers and their hidden chemical complexity.” One Earth 8, no. 11 (November 21, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101518.
Somarelli JA, Diana ZT, Rittschof D, Dunphy-Daly MM, Virdin J, Nowlin M, et al. A pollution crisis of synthetic plastic polymers and their hidden chemical complexity. One Earth. 2025 Nov 21;8(11).
Somarelli, J. A., et al. “A pollution crisis of synthetic plastic polymers and their hidden chemical complexity.” One Earth, vol. 8, no. 11, Nov. 2025. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101518.
Somarelli JA, Diana ZT, Rittschof D, Dunphy-Daly MM, Virdin J, Nowlin M, Vincoff S, Bossa N, Wiesner M, Jayasundara N, Mendis G, Lauer N, Eward WC, Arnold JW. A pollution crisis of synthetic plastic polymers and their hidden chemical complexity. One Earth. 2025 Nov 21;8(11).

Published In

One Earth

DOI

EISSN

2590-3322

ISSN

2590-3330

Publication Date

November 21, 2025

Volume

8

Issue

11

Related Subject Headings

  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 37 Earth sciences