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Microplastic Pollution in Water

Environmental chemistry for a sustainable world 2021 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Verónica Godoy, M.A. Martín‐Lara, Ana Isabel Almendros, L. Quesada, M. Calero

Summary

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.

Study Type Environmental

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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