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Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches
Plastic trash dumped into water bodies degrade over time into small fragments. These plastic fragments, which come under the category of micro-plastics (MPs), are generally 0.05–5 mm in size, and due to their small size they are frequently consumed by aquatic organisms. As a result, widespread MPs i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8923096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37519772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42398-022-00219-8 |
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author | Sarma, Hemen Hazarika, Rupshikha Patowary Kumar, Vivek Roy, Arpita Pandit, Soumya Prasad, Ram |
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description | Plastic trash dumped into water bodies degrade over time into small fragments. These plastic fragments, which come under the category of micro-plastics (MPs), are generally 0.05–5 mm in size, and due to their small size they are frequently consumed by aquatic organisms. As a result, widespread MPs infiltration is a global concern for the aquatic environment, posing a threat to existing life forms. MPs easily bind to other toxic chemicals or metals, acting as vector for such toxic substances and introducing them into life forms. Polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and other polymers are emerging pollutants that are detrimental to all types of organisms. The main route for MPs into the aquatic ecosystems is through the flushing of urban wastewater. The current paper investigates the origin, environmental fate, and toxicity of MPs, shedding light on their sustainable remediation. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] |
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spelling | pubmed-89230962022-03-15 Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches Sarma, Hemen Hazarika, Rupshikha Patowary Kumar, Vivek Roy, Arpita Pandit, Soumya Prasad, Ram Environmental Sustainability Review Plastic trash dumped into water bodies degrade over time into small fragments. These plastic fragments, which come under the category of micro-plastics (MPs), are generally 0.05–5 mm in size, and due to their small size they are frequently consumed by aquatic organisms. As a result, widespread MPs infiltration is a global concern for the aquatic environment, posing a threat to existing life forms. MPs easily bind to other toxic chemicals or metals, acting as vector for such toxic substances and introducing them into life forms. Polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, and other polymers are emerging pollutants that are detrimental to all types of organisms. The main route for MPs into the aquatic ecosystems is through the flushing of urban wastewater. The current paper investigates the origin, environmental fate, and toxicity of MPs, shedding light on their sustainable remediation. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: [Image: see text] Springer Singapore 2022-03-15 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8923096/ /pubmed/37519772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42398-022-00219-8 Text en © The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Society for Environmental Sustainability 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Review Sarma, Hemen Hazarika, Rupshikha Patowary Kumar, Vivek Roy, Arpita Pandit, Soumya Prasad, Ram Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches |
title | Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches |
title_full | Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches |
title_fullStr | Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches |
title_full_unstemmed | Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches |
title_short | Microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches |
title_sort | microplastics in marine and aquatic habitats: sources, impact, and sustainable remediation approaches |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8923096/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37519772 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42398-022-00219-8 |
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