en Environmental Health, Sciences, and Engineering Original articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Introduction:</span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> This study aims to evaluate knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of people towards </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Microplastics</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> (MPs). </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Materials and Methods:</span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> Data were collected from 500 residences in Kerman city, southeast Iran, in 2023 through a questionnaire that was designed and validated by the authors. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">Results:</span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"> More respondents were female (65%), 18&ndash;30 years old (43%), undergraduate (48%), and students (35%), and 63% of respondents sorted garbage. Respondents had good knowledge towards general information, but not towards expert information. The highest percentage of respondents with correct answers to the knowledge questions (80%) had the knowledge about environmental pollution to MPs, causing diseases in humans. The maximum percentage of respondents agreed to the attitude questions (57%) agreed with the point that food sellers should recommend cloth bags to shoppers instead of plastic bag, and 60% of them would like to know more about MPs. In terms of practice, 41% of the respondents stated that they usually leave plastic waste in the environment. </span></span></span></span></span><br> <b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion:</span></span></span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"> The current study showed that there is limited information about MPs in books and among the public. Education and offering free reusable bags were considered as the effective policies to reduce MPs pollution. Also, less environmental awareness and poor management were considered as challenges to reduce emission of MPs.</span></span></span></div> Microplastics, Environmental Pollution, Public Health,Kerman City 2318 2328 http://jehsd.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-291-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ismaeil Alizadeh Ismaeil.alizadeh@yahoo.com 0000-0001-6066-0148 No Department of Vector Biology and Control of Diseases, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Zahra Sabok Khiz SabokKhiz@gmail.com 0009-0005-8975-6158 No Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran Maryam Faraji m_faraji28@yahoo.com 0000-0002-7220-4438 Yes Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran