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Methods and Techniques for Microplastic Detection and Identification in Water and Wastewater—A Methodology Review

Environmental science and engineering 2025 1 citation ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Çiğdem Coşkun Dilcan, Enes Özgenç, Yeşim Ahi

Summary

Researchers review analytical methods and techniques for detecting and identifying microplastics in water and wastewater, addressing how contamination of this critical resource threatens food supply safety and human health through both point-source and diffuse pollution pathways.

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Study Type Environmental

Water as a main resource of the food supply is decreasing in quantity and quality, thus exposing to danger human health. Urban and industrial wastewaters coming to the receiving environment in river basins create point source pollution, while agricultural fertilizer...

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