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Emerging Contaminants of High Concern in the Water Ecosystem: Economic Aspects and a Perspective for Sustainable Detection Approach
Summary
Researchers examined how microplastics smaller than 1 micrometer pass through wastewater treatment plants and accumulate in aquatic life, also acting as carriers of other toxic chemicals due to their hydrophobic surface. This dual threat—direct toxicity and chemical hitchhiking—makes microplastics a uniquely dangerous contaminant in water ecosystems and the food chain.
Microplastics are fragments less than 1 μm in size that are tiny enough to bypass wastewater treatment facilities, eventually accumulating in aquatic life and posing a serious threat to the food chain. Owing to their hydrophobic nature, microplastics can...