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Working-age mortality is still an important driver of stagnating life expectancy in the United States

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Micro-nano plastics originating from the prevalent usage of plastics have raised increasingly alarming concerns worldwide. However, there remains a fundamental knowledge gap in nanoplastics because of the lack of effective analytical ...Plastics are now omnipresent in our daily lives. The existence of microplastics (1 µm to 5 mm in length) and possibly even nanoplastics (<1 μm) has recently raised health concerns. In particular, nanoplastics are believed to be more toxic since their ...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2318276121

Authors: Antonino Polizzi, Jennifer Beam Dowd

Institution: University of Oxford

Language: English

Topic: Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid