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Emerging Water Pollutants and Their Remediation
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Researchers reviewed a wide range of emerging water pollutants — including microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and nanomaterials — and assessed available remediation strategies, underscoring that modern water systems face a growing cocktail of contaminants that existing treatment methods struggle to handle.
The usage of pharmaceuticals, personal-care products, antibacterial agents, microplastics, e-waste, and nanomaterial-based products has led to a large increase in environmental pollutants. These emerging pollutants (EPs), sometimes referred to as pollutants, are...
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