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Sorption of Pollutants on Microplastics

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Hrissi K. Karapanagioti, Lorena M. Rios-Mendoza

Summary

Researchers reviewed how microplastics act as sponges for environmental pollutants like pesticides, heavy metals, and pharmaceuticals, absorbing and concentrating these chemicals in ways that can amplify their toxicity when ingested by marine animals — and potentially by humans.

This chapter presents the different aspects involved in the study of pollutant sorption on microplastics (MPs). Introductory descriptions of the sorption processes are presented. The study of sorption capacity at equilibrium and kinetics is important to better...

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