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Microplastics in nearshore groundwater of Taihu Lake: occurrence and potential fluxes to the lake via groundwater discharge
Regional Studies in Marine Science
2026
Junli Zheng,
Kouping Chen,
Jianfeng Wu,
Jichun Wu,
Juefei Wu
Summary
Researchers detected microplastics in all nearshore groundwater samples around Taihu Lake — at concentrations up to 1,526 particles per liter — and modeled that lacustrine groundwater discharge could deliver up to 3,560 trillion microplastic particles per year into the lake, identifying subsurface groundwater flow as a previously overlooked pathway for plastic pollution.