Tailored limits could manage 350,000 chemicals better than zero-release goal

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Man-made substances surround us everywhere in our daily lives. According to the current understanding of the "Planetary Boundaries" framework, the carrying capacity for so-called novel entities, which include chemicals, microplastics, and nanomaterials, is considered to have been exceeded, and a target value of "zero" has been set for their release into the environment.