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MICROPLASTICS (MPS) IN DRINKING WATER: USES, SOURCES AND TRANSPORT

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Summary

This paper reviews the sources, transport pathways, and health hazards of microplastic particles in drinking water, noting that MPs enter freshwater systems through wastewater effluent, stormwater runoff, degraded plastic waste, atmospheric deposition, and industrial discharge. The study provides accessible background on analytical detection methods and underscores that microplastics in tap and bottled water represent a direct, daily human exposure route.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastics (MPs) are small fragments of plastics. These fragments are abundant in nature and can enter the environment of freshwater from wastewater effluent and surface run-off, degraded plastic waste, atmospheric deposition, and industrial effluent. These fragments are never destroyed but converted into another phase. These fragments are a cause of air contamination and occur in airborne particles. Some particles are biodegradable while some are non-biodegradable. Biodegradable particles can be disintegrated by the action of microorganisms or in the occurrence of ultraviolet (UV) light. Thermo-analytical, spectroscopic, and chemical processes are the available popular methods for the estimation of the size and chemical composition of these particles. The present study discusses the uses, health hazards, transport, and sources of MPs particles

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