Microplastics pollution: A comprehensive review on the sources, fates, effects, and potential remediation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enmm.2021.100530
Abstract: Abstract Microplastics (MPs) are omnipresent and enter into the environment due to the indiscriminate usage in various industrial productions like cleaning and cosmetics products, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, and through the weathering of large plastic relics. Moreover,… read more here.
Keywords: review; review sources; microplastics pollution; sources fates ... See more keywords
Microplastics pollution in wastewater: Characteristics, occurrence and removal technologies
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2020.101013
Abstract: Abstract Microplastics (MPs) are one of the emerging pollutants that have gained the most attention recently. The widespread distribution and potential for its adverse impact on human health and the ecosystem have been warned. MPs… read more here.
Keywords: microplastics pollution; characteristics occurrence; wastewater; wastewater characteristics ... See more keywords
Microplastics pollution in different aquatic environments and biota: A review of recent studies.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.05.022
Abstract: Microplastics (MPs) are generated from plastic and have negative impact to our environment due to high level of fragmentation. They can be originated from various sources in different forms such as fragment, fiber, foam and… read more here.
Keywords: microplastics pollution; environments biota; pollution; aquatic environments ... See more keywords