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Microplastics as Emerging Pollutants in Urban Waterways

SpringerBriefs in water science and technology 2023
Beibei He, An Liu, Godwin A. Ayoko, Prasanna Egodawatta, Buddhi Wijesiri, Ashantha Goonetilleke

Summary

This review examined microplastics as emerging pollutants in urban waterways, focusing on their sources, transport, association with toxic co-contaminants, and the health and ecological risks posed by their persistence in freshwater systems. Urban waterways concentrate microplastics from multiple city sources, creating exposure risks for communities relying on surface water and the aquatic organisms they consume.

Microplastics (MPs) have been classified as any plastic particle with a diameter less than 5 mm. MPs have been identified as a prominent environmental concern due to the fact that they associate with a wide range of toxic contaminants, and also because of their...

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