The presence and danger of microplastics in the oceans

Since the environmental pollution by microplastics is a relatively new area of research, the main problem is the lack of appropriate rules, regulations and parameters globally. Therefore, the sources of primary and secondary microplastics particles vary from source to source, and also from this, the difference in the division of microplastic particles by size arises. Moreover, various techniques and technologies are used when testing seawater and sediment as well. Ultimately, with different qualities of the obtained results, it leads to difficult and/or inadequate comparison. Furthermore, research is mainly conducted on smaller marine organisms, which needs to be extended to other, larger, organisms as well as the human population, to create a complete image of the negative effects of contamination of the marine food chain and the marine environment with microplastic particles in general