Microplastics: A Major Great Lakes Issue - Determining impacts on human health and ecosystems - •TheInternationalJointCommission(IJC) helps Canada and the United States prevent and

Microplastics: A Major Great Lakes Issue Determining impacts on human health and ecosystems • The International Joint Commission (IJC) helps Canada and the United States prevent and resolve issues over shared waters on 5,525 miles of boundary, including the Great Lakes. [...] • The IJC’s Great Lake Science Advisory Board is developing monitoring and risk assessment frameworks to better understand the impact of plastic pollution in the Great Lakes. [...] The board’s Microplastics in the Great Lakes project is addressing these gaps and working toward the adoption of plastics as an indicator of Great Lakes health, which will help track environmental contamination and inform management and policy decisions. [...] About the Project The IJC’s Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, in conjunction with researchers from the Great Lakes region and across North America, is developing: • a framework for monitoring microplastics pollution that would support its use as a Toxic Chemicals sub-indicator in the State of the Great Lakes report, and • a risk assessment framework for plastic pollution, focused on the ecologic. [...] The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Through the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Canadian and United States governments strive to achieve nine objectives to protect and restore Great Lakes water quality.