User:Stack0711/sandbox

This is my first sentence on Wikipedia!

Summary of plans - 2015
There is currently an existing article on Microplastics and thus we seek to expand upon it as well as flesh out areas of weakness. First, we plan to add to the introduction and go into a little bit of the history of microplastics - briefly how they’re made and drawing on the first recognition of their impacts. Next, we will add to the Classification section and go further into defining “nurdles” with the ultimate aim of replacing the page “plastic particle water pollution” - the current primary reservoir of information on “nurdles.” In order to give validity to the research articles and information we provide on microplastic studies, we also want to add a brief section on quantification or modes of measuring microplastic levels and effects (i.e. through plankton samples, sediment analyses, and so on). The sources section is quite thorough, but we want to provide a clearer picture of the “cycle” microplastics take from the original source, perhaps a commercial product, to some reservoir (like the ocean), back to the organism (human body). With a cohesive understanding of this process, we can delve deeper into the endocrine disruption pathways and get into the known/proposed (?) biological mechanism of action in the organism i.e. do they become integrated into tissues? (We are true science geeks at heart). Figures and diagrams could enhance this part, adding a nice visual to our slab of information. We want to further investigate the geographic distribution of endocrine-related effects, based on high-seafood consumption areas (i.e. do fishing towns have higher rates of microplastic-induced endocrine disruption?). Our last sections will focus on how negative effects of microplastics can be treated and how they can be removed from the environment, via treatment, bioremediation, or policies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mantareina (talk • contribs) 20:22, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Proposing new lead section

1. Introduction + History (little bit) = how they’re made? link out to plastic manufacturing??

2. Classification -Nurdles

-Quantification = how we measure levels/effects of microplastics? (Microplastics are commonly studied in relation to (1) plankton samples, (2) sandy and muddy sediments, (3) vertebrate and invertebrate ingestion, and (4) chemical pollutant interactions. ); Source #1 Ivar do Sul

3. Sources (in marine and freshwater environments)

4. Endocrine Disruption

-Persistent organic pollutants

-biomagnification (link to this?)

-Figure diagramming biological mechanism?

-where do the microplastics go in the organism (i.e. do they become integrated into tissues?)

-Geographic distribution of endocrine-related effects

5. Remediation/Treatment/what’s being done to clean up? link out to garbage patch efforts?

6. Policy/Regulation/Legislation

Summary
This article will focus on defining homologous chromosomes and how they relate to a variety of biological processes. In particular, there will be sections focusing on the structure of homologous chromosomes, their chromosomal ends, centromeres, and interactive components. A following section will relate its structure to its function thereby describing uses of homologous chromosomes in a physiological setting. Topics of discussion for use are: inheritance, recombination, and pairing in meiosis. Another section will look at its uses in development and the issues that surround deformed homologous chromosomes. Our last section will cover other uses of homologous chromosomes, namely their involvement in repair of double-stranded breaks. Stack0711 (talk) 12:03, 19 October 2013 (UTC)