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Microplastic (MP) Pollution in the Context of Occurrence, Distribution, Composition and Concentration in Surface Waters and Sediments: A Global Overview

Emerging contaminants and associated treatment technologies 2022 9 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Golam Kibria, Dayanthi Nugegoda, A. K. Yousuf Haroon

Summary

Researchers compiled global data showing microplastic pollution is essentially everywhere — in surface waters and sediments worldwide — with some locations finding microplastics in nearly every sample collected, underscoring how pervasive this contamination has become.

Microplastic (MP) pollutants are widespread and have been detected in both surface waters and sediments across the globe. At some places, MP abundance reached 90–100% of the samples sampled in surface waters. They (MP) have even reached the remote and pristine...

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