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Microplastics and Nanoplastics Occurrence and Composition in Drinking Water from Akureyri Urban Area, Iceland
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Researchers measured microplastic and nanoplastic concentrations in drinking water from the Akureyri urban area of Iceland, detecting particles across multiple size ranges and polymer types, adding to evidence that even drinking water in relatively unpolluted northern regions contains measurable microplastic contamination.
Microplastics as a potential health and environmental problem has gained increasing attention recently. Microplastics are defined as plastic pieces smaller than 5 mm in diameter, and there are many sources of such microplastics [17]. Current literature reports...
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