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Microplastics as Contaminant in FreshWater Ecosystem: A Modern Environmental Issue
Summary
Microplastics have become a pervasive contaminant in freshwater ecosystems, disrupting food webs and threatening aquatic biodiversity through ingestion, chemical leaching, and physical harm to organisms. As freshwater systems are primary sources of drinking water and food, microplastic contamination in rivers and lakes carries direct implications for human health.
Plastic pollution emerged as an environmental problem during last quarter of twentieth century. This emerging pollution in aquatic ecosystems is degrading the food web and ecological integrity and posing hazardous effects on the environment. Plastic debris,...