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Microplastics in Malaysia's Aquatic Environment: Current Overview and Future Perspectives

Microplastic pollution has adversely affected the aquatic ecosystem, living creatures, and human health. Several studies in Malaysia have provided baseline information on the existence of microplastics in surface water, ingestion by marine life and sediment. Also, humans are exposed to microplastic...

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Autores principales: Sulaiman, Raja Norimie Raja, Bakar, Aznizam Abu, Ngadi, Norzita, Kahar, Izzat Naim Shamsul, Nordin, Abu Hassan, Ikram, Muhammad, Nabgan, Walid
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37635702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202300047
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author Sulaiman, Raja Norimie Raja
Bakar, Aznizam Abu
Ngadi, Norzita
Kahar, Izzat Naim Shamsul
Nordin, Abu Hassan
Ikram, Muhammad
Nabgan, Walid
author_facet Sulaiman, Raja Norimie Raja
Bakar, Aznizam Abu
Ngadi, Norzita
Kahar, Izzat Naim Shamsul
Nordin, Abu Hassan
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Nabgan, Walid
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description Microplastic pollution has adversely affected the aquatic ecosystem, living creatures, and human health. Several studies in Malaysia have provided baseline information on the existence of microplastics in surface water, ingestion by marine life and sediment. Also, humans are exposed to microplastic due to consumption of contaminated abiotic and biotic products, such as processed seafood. Nonetheless, knowledge is still scarce among Malaysian on the potential remediation and pollution management of microplastics, which poses a significant challenge to preserve a good environmental status. Green technologies also other alternative to mitigate the contamination of microplastics for sustainable future. Hence, this review aims to provide an overview of microplastic's occurrence, fate, and implications in Malaysia's aquatic environment. Detection of microplastics from the water surface, ingestion by aquatics, and sediment samples are highlighted. Available different treatment processes toward microplastic remediation are also discussed. Additionally, the potential challenges, current perspective for plastic management in Malaysia, as well as green strategies for reducing microplastic contamination are also put forward. The goal of this work is to improve the understanding of the seriousness of microplastic contamination in aquatic environments, thus encouraging key concerns that need to be investigated further.
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spelling pubmed-104481552023-08-25 Microplastics in Malaysia's Aquatic Environment: Current Overview and Future Perspectives Sulaiman, Raja Norimie Raja Bakar, Aznizam Abu Ngadi, Norzita Kahar, Izzat Naim Shamsul Nordin, Abu Hassan Ikram, Muhammad Nabgan, Walid Glob Chall Reviews Microplastic pollution has adversely affected the aquatic ecosystem, living creatures, and human health. Several studies in Malaysia have provided baseline information on the existence of microplastics in surface water, ingestion by marine life and sediment. Also, humans are exposed to microplastic due to consumption of contaminated abiotic and biotic products, such as processed seafood. Nonetheless, knowledge is still scarce among Malaysian on the potential remediation and pollution management of microplastics, which poses a significant challenge to preserve a good environmental status. Green technologies also other alternative to mitigate the contamination of microplastics for sustainable future. Hence, this review aims to provide an overview of microplastic's occurrence, fate, and implications in Malaysia's aquatic environment. Detection of microplastics from the water surface, ingestion by aquatics, and sediment samples are highlighted. Available different treatment processes toward microplastic remediation are also discussed. Additionally, the potential challenges, current perspective for plastic management in Malaysia, as well as green strategies for reducing microplastic contamination are also put forward. The goal of this work is to improve the understanding of the seriousness of microplastic contamination in aquatic environments, thus encouraging key concerns that need to be investigated further. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10448155/ /pubmed/37635702 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202300047 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Global Challenges published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bakar, Aznizam Abu
Ngadi, Norzita
Kahar, Izzat Naim Shamsul
Nordin, Abu Hassan
Ikram, Muhammad
Nabgan, Walid
Microplastics in Malaysia's Aquatic Environment: Current Overview and Future Perspectives
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10448155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37635702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202300047
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