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Apple Snails as Bioindicators of Microplastic Pollution in Singapore's Freshwaters
Environmental science and engineering
2024
Yanlin Chen,
Yonghai Lu,
Tianhua Wang,
Oon Hui Ng
Summary
Researchers used apple snails as bioindicators to measure microplastic pollution in Singapore's freshwater bodies for the first time, suggesting these snails could serve as a practical and cost-effective tool for tracking plastic contamination in urban water systems.
Microplastics (MPs) are persistent and ubiquitous environmental pollutants that can be difficult to monitor for their presence especially in water bodies. This study reports, for the first time, a quantified analysis of the abundance of MPs in Singapore’s...