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Microplastics Pollution in Rivers

Environmental footprints and eco-design of products and processes 2022 12 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Amra Bratovčić, Ajith Nithin, Arumugam Sundaramanickam

Summary

Rivers serve as both reservoirs and transport highways for microplastic pollution, carrying particles from inland sources to lakes and marine environments while exposing freshwater organisms to contamination along the way. River-borne microplastics directly threaten drinking water quality and aquatic biodiversity worldwide.

Microplastics pollution has raised specific concern due to their global occurrence and their presence in different aquatic environments such as surface waters of rivers, lakes, and in coastal and marine environment. Microplastics pollution of the marine ecosystem is...

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