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Policy Efforts to Curb the Use of Microplastics and Remove Emerging Pollutants
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Researchers examined global policy efforts to curb microplastic and emerging pollutant contamination of water systems, evaluating how regulations and bans are beginning to address plastic pollution entering aquatic environments. Stronger enforcement and international coordination may be needed to meaningfully reduce the flow of these pollutants into ecosystems and ultimately into human bodies.
According to recent studies, thousands of emerging pollutants (EPs) are diffusing into various aquatic environments and ecosystems through different point
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