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Microplastic Pollution in India as an Emerging Concern
Summary
Researchers reviewed the sources, distribution, and ecological impacts of microplastic pollution across India's diverse environmental compartments, highlighting gaps in monitoring data and the absence of national regulatory frameworks specific to MNP contamination. Closing these knowledge and governance gaps is essential for a country whose rivers, coastlines, and agricultural soils face mounting plastic pollution pressure affecting food and water security.
A novel class of environmental contaminants, known as microplastics (MPs), have emerged as a result of increased plastics manufacture and usage. MPs are less than 5 mm-sized plastic fragments that come from both primary and secondary sources. Despite the fact...