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Remediation of Contaminated Waters with Microplastics

2022 1 citation ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Irma Pérez-Silva, Tanese Montesinos-Vázquez, María Elena Páez-Hernández

Summary

Researchers reviewed remediation technologies for microplastic-contaminated water, comparing physical filtration, chemical coagulation, and biological treatment methods against the backdrop of exponential global plastic production and the persistent fragmentation of polymers in aquatic systems.

Polymeric materials have had an exponential growth since the Second World War, so that in 2018 the annual world production was 359 million tons. This has generated a contamination problem because of its prolonged exposure to various chemical and environmental factors...

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