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Gray Water from Ships: A Significant Sea-Based Source of Microplastics?

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Summary

This viewpoint argues that gray water discharged from ships is a significant but underappreciated sea-based source of microplastics, as laundry and dishwashing effluents contain synthetic fibers and plastic fragments that are released directly to ocean waters without treatment.

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ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTGray Water from Ships: A Significant Sea-Based Source of Microplastics?Guyu Peng*Guyu PengCollege of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China*Email: [email protected]More by Guyu PengView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5089-5242, Baile XuBaile XuInstitute of Biology, Freie Universität Berlin, Altensteinstr. 6, D-14195 Berlin, GermanyMore by Baile XuView Biography, and Daoji LiDaoji LiState Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, P. R. ChinaMore by Daoji LiView Biographyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3447-3485Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 1, 4–7Publication Date (Web):December 13, 2021Publication History Received12 August 2021Published online13 December 2021Published inissue 4 January 2022https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c05446https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05446article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2021 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views5937Altmetric-Citations5LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (3 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Fibers,Plastics,Wastewater,Water pollution,Water treatment Get e-Alerts

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