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Microplastics in Wastewater

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Muhammad Tariq Khan, Yan Cheng, Saba Hafeez, Yiu Fai Tsang, Jieqiong Yang, Asim Nawab

Summary

Researchers reviewed how microplastics enter wastewater systems through multiple human activity pathways and how conventional treatment plants, while removing a large fraction, still discharge significant quantities of microplastic particles into receiving water bodies, threatening aquatic ecosystems and downstream drinking water quality.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastics (MPs) are unregulated and emerging contaminants, which are continuously released due to human activities in the environment through several pathways. The presence of MPs poses threats to the environment, organisms, and human health. The discharge of...

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