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Various advanced wastewater treatment methods to remove microplastics and prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to airborne microplastics
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology2022
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Meththika Vithanage,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Meththika Vithanage,
Sasan Zahmatkesh
Sasan Zahmatkesh
Meththika Vithanage,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Meththika Vithanage,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Meththika Vithanage,
Awais Bokhari,
Mika Sillanpää,
Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,
Mika Sillanpää,
Awais Bokhari,
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Mika Sillanpää,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Chuanyi Wang,
Chuanyi Wang,
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Mika Sillanpää,
Sasan Zahmatkesh
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,
Mika Sillanpää,
Mika Sillanpää,
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Awais Bokhari,
Sasan Zahmatkesh
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Mika Sillanpää,
Mika Sillanpää,
Mika Sillanpää,
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Awais Bokhari,
Meththika Vithanage,
Awais Bokhari,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Kassian T.T. Amesho,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,
Mika Sillanpää,
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Chuanyi Wang,
Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,
Meththika Vithanage,
Meththika Vithanage,
Mika Sillanpää,
Meththika Vithanage,
Mika Sillanpää,
Chuanyi Wang,
Chuanyi Wang,
Awais Bokhari,
Mika Sillanpää,
Sasan Zahmatkesh
Summary
This review examined advanced wastewater treatment methods for removing microplastics and assessed the potential for airborne microplastics to serve as carriers for SARS-CoV-2 transmission, highlighting the need for integrated pollution control strategies.
Study Type
Environmental
Microplastics (MPs) and SARS-CoV-2 interact due to their widespread presence in our environment and affect the virus' behaviour indoors and outdoors. Therefore, it is necessary to study the interaction between MPs and SARS-CoV-2. The environmental damage caused by MPs is increasing globally. Emerging pollutants may adversely affect organisms, especially sewage, posing a threat to human health, animal health, and the ecological system. A significant concern with MPs in the air is that they are a vital component of MPs in the other environmental compartments, such as water and soil, which may affect human health through ingesting or inhaling. This work introduces the fundamental knowledge of various methods in advanced water treatment, including membrane bioreactors, advanced oxidation processes, adsorption, etc., are highly effective in removing MPs; they can still serve as an entrance route due to their constantly being discharged into aquatic environments. Following that, an analysis of each process for MPs' removal and mitigation or prevention of SARS-CoV-2 contamination is discussed. Next, an airborne microplastic has been reported in urban areas, raising health concerns since aerosols are considered a possible route of SARS-CoV-2 disease transmission and bind to airborne MP surfaces. The MPs can be removed from wastewater through conventional treatment processes with physical processes such as screening, grit chambers, and pre-sedimentation.