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Combatting Plastic Contamination: Strategies for Removing Microplastic from Water Resources
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Researchers reviewed a range of emerging strategies for removing microplastics from water resources, responding to growing concern about their widespread presence in aquatic habitats and the inadequacy of conventional water treatment systems in capturing these particles.
The rise in the amount of microplastics present in aquatic habitats has developed into a major ecological concern in recent times. Microplastics are widely distributed in the environment due to inadequate rates of plastic waste disposal, a lack of standard detection...
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