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Microplastic Pollution in Water
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Researchers reviewed microplastic pollution across freshwater, seawater, and coastal environments, summarizing sources, detection methods, and ecological and human health impacts, and identifying standardization of sampling and analysis techniques as a critical research priority.
Microplastics are ubiquitous in almost all environments, including freshwater, seawater, and coastal environments. Recently, researches about microplastics have increased due to their serious ecological and health impacts. In this chapter, firstly, the sources of...
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