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The Urgent Need to Investigate Microplastic Contamination in Groundwater: Soil and Groundwater Interactions as Key Drivers
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This viewpoint paper argued for urgent investigation of microplastic contamination in groundwater, highlighting soil-groundwater interactions as key drivers of subsurface MP transport and emphasizing the gap in current monitoring efforts.
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTThe Urgent Need to Investigate Microplastic Contamination in Groundwater: Soil and Groundwater Interactions as Key DriversYaqiang Wei*Yaqiang WeiSchool of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China*[email protected]More by Yaqiang WeiView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6317-4735 and Yuling ChenYuling ChenSchool of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, ChinaMore by Yuling ChenCite this: ACS EST Water 2023, 3, 12, 3736–3740Publication Date (Web):November 3, 2023Publication History Received17 October 2023Accepted30 October 2023Revised28 October 2023Published online3 November 2023Published inissue 8 December 2023https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00645https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00645article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2023 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views1725Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (3 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Genetics,Groundwaters,Nanoparticles,Soils,Water pollution Get e-Alerts
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