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ArticleNature2025

Mapping the chemical complexity of plastics.

L Monclús, H P H Arp, K J Groh, A Faltynkova, M E Løseth, J Muncke, Z Wang, R Wolf, L Zimmermann, M Wagner

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Tackling the global plastic pollution crisis.National science review · 2026
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  8. Microplastics at the Intersection of Toxicology, Child Health, and Human Rights.The journal of pediatric pharmacology and therapeutics : JPPT : the official journal of PPAG · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

L MonclúsNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. laura.monclus@ntnu.no.ORCID 0000-0002-1210-2659
H P H ArpNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
K J GrohEawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3778-4721
A FaltynkovaNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.
M E LøsethNorwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-2350-9139
J MunckeFood Packaging Forum (FPF) Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.
Z WangEmpa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, St Gallen, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9914-7659
R WolfNorwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Oslo, Norway.
L ZimmermannFood Packaging Forum (FPF) Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6801-6859
M WagnerNorwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. martin.wagner@ntnu.no.ORCID 0000-0002-4402-3234

Funding

EU under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation ProgrammeNCCR CatalysisNGI from The Research Council of NorwayNorwegian Research CouncilSwiss National Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastic pollution is a pervasive and growing global problem

Indexed as

PlasticsAnimalsEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental PollutionHazardous SubstancesHumansHazardous SubstancesPlastics

Identifiers

PMID40634741
PMCPMC12240811

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