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Sorption of Pollutants on Microplastics

2021
Hrissi K. Karapanagioti, Lorena M. Rios Mendoza

Summary

Researchers reviewed how microplastics act as sponges for other pollutants in the environment, absorbing toxic chemicals like pesticides and heavy metals and potentially carrying them into the food chain, compounding the health risks of plastic contamination beyond the particles themselves.

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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