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Issue of microplastics in the sea and surface waterways
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This Croatian review article examines microplastic contamination across Earth's ecosystems, with particular focus on aquatic environments, surveying 20 scientific papers on microplastic sources, sampling methods, detection, and remediation. The review emphasizes that the majority of microplastic pollution originates from land-based human activities entering waterways.
Svi Zemljini ekosustavi onečišćeni su mikroplastikom, ali najveće onečišćenje pronađeno je u svim vodenim ekosustavima. Najviše mikroplastike u vodu dolazi s kopna, tj. ljudskom aktivnošću. Što se više plastike odbaci to će više otpada završiti u vodenim sustavima. Pregledom 20 odabranih članaka sa Science Directa koji su se temeljili na problematici, uzorkovanju, utvrđivanju i sanaciji mikroplastike u oceanima, morima te površinskim vodotocima odnosno rijekama i jezerima. Postoje razne metode uzorkovanja i utvrđivanja mikroplastike. Za uzorkovanje se najčešće koriste mreže i posude za vodu, a za analizu sakupljene plastike FTIR i Raman spektroskopije. Pomoću tih analiza dobiva se veličina, oblik, boja i vrsta mikroplastike u ispitivanom području. Među najčešćim vrstama plastike koje su pronađene u odabranim studijama su plastike koje se svakodnevno koriste, a to su npr: polipropilen (PP), polietilen (PE), polistiren (PS), polivinil klorid (PVC) i polietilen teraftalat (PET). Ove vrste plastika danas se koriste za pakiranje različitih proizvoda, hranidbenih proizvoda, u građevinarstvu, kozmetici, higijenskim potrepštinama, kuhinjskim aparatima i drugdje. Pojam mikroplastike je relativno novi pa su potrebna daljnja istraživanja kako bi se izbjegle brojne varijacije između istraživačkih skupina. Potrebno je odrediti standardne veličinu mreže i pora za unificiranost uzorkovanja.
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