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Toxic organic pollutants in natural waters and advanced technologies for their elimination
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Our water is increasingly contaminated with harmful chemicals and tiny plastic particles (microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics), and this review paper rounds up what scientists currently know about how these pollutants behave in lakes, rivers, and oceans—and what new technologies might remove them. The takeaway: microplastics are an emerging threat that needs better monitoring and stronger regulations, plus improved water treatment methods, to protect the water we ultimately drink and use every day.
This paper is devoted to discussion of the modern trends in water pollution. Specifics of pollutants' behavior, fate and possible impacts in natural waters is discussed, as well as the perspective approaches to neutralize/decompose the toxic organic substances, including emerging pollutants and microand nano-plastic particles. The main types of water pollutants are systematized. Microplastics have become an increasing concern as a newly emerging potential threat, and therefore, the monitoring, control of microplastics in aquatic media and mitigation measures are required, in line with the efficient treatment approaches and appropriate legislative measures.
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This review paper examines methods for removing tiny plastic particles, called nanoplastics, from water and wastewater. It finds that techniques like filtration and chemical treatment often just move the particles elsewhere rather than destroying them, while advanced chemical treatments can break them down under certain conditions. The authors say more testing in real water systems is needed to confirm which methods truly remove nanoplastics.
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Microplastics toxicity, detection, and removal from water/wastewater
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Monitoring and decontamination technologies for removing waterborne micro- and nanoplastic contaminants
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