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A Review of Sources, Hazards, and Removal Methods of Microplastics in the Environment
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This systematic review provides a comprehensive look at where microplastics come from, what risks they pose, and how they can be removed from the environment. The review covers contamination in air, water, and soil, noting that microplastics can carry toxic chemicals and harm both ecosystems and human health.
The prevalence of microplastics in a wide range of environmental media has attracted increasing attention worldwide. This review article provides a comprehensive and systematic review of the nature, sources, hazards, and removal methods of microplastics in the environment. In contrast to previous studies focusing on the sources and risks of microplastics in a single environment, this article comprehensively analyses atmospheric, terrestrial runoff, marine and freshwater sources of microplastics and explores the hazards they pose to the environment and the health of humans and other organisms. Microplastics cause multiple adverse effects on aquatic and terrestrial organisms through accumulation, including growth inhibition, oxidative stress, inflammation, organ damage, and germ cell abnormalities. They may also enter the food chain and affect human health. This article summarizes the latest research progress on microplastic removal technologies from biological, physical, and chemical perspectives, with high efficiency, sustainability, and degradability for biological removal and adsorption and filtration being more effective for physical removal. This provides valuable information for future research related to microplastics. We advocate for a reduction in the use of microplastics and provide references for solving the problem of microplastic pollution.
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