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Interaction of Microplastics and Organic Pollutants: Quantification, Environmental Fates, and Ecological Consequences

˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry 2020 22 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Haibo Zhang, Yufan Fei, Han Wang, Yiyang Chen, Shunyin Huang, Shunyin Huang, Ben Yu, Jiaqing Wang, Yazhi Tong, Dishi Wen, Bianying Zhou, Xiwei He, Xiaoyu Xia, Yongming Luo

Summary

Microplastics act as vectors for organic pollutants such as pesticides and industrial chemicals, concentrating and transporting these toxins to organisms that ingest the particles, amplifying exposure beyond what either contaminant would cause alone. This combined pollution effect complicates environmental risk assessments and underscores why microplastic contamination is more dangerous than particle counts alone suggest.

Microplastics which act as vectors for organic pollutant transport in environment have raised increasing concerns recently. This paper provides an overview on the interaction of plastic debris or microplastics with these organic chemicals and its effects on...

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