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Microplastic Pollution in Freshwater Systems: A Potential Environmental Threat
Summary
Microplastics smaller than 5mm are emerging as a significant contaminant of concern in freshwater systems, where they fragment further, adsorb chemical pollutants, and accumulate in organisms across multiple trophic levels. The pervasive contamination of rivers, lakes, and drinking water sources poses mounting risks to aquatic biodiversity and human health, demanding urgent regulatory attention and improved waste management.
Plastic particles of size <5 mm are called microplastics. In terms of quality, directly or indirectly, microplastics are among the contaminants of emerging concern that adversely impact freshwater systems. Such fragments of microplastic are so frangible that they...