Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as an emerging soil pollutant and a global environmental concern. Scientists have recently paid attention to the contamination of soil by …
MH Niari, N Jaafarzadeh, S Dobaradaran… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2023 - Springer
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are one of the most important ways of releasing microplastics (MPs) into the environment. In this study, the size, number, color, and shape of …
FT Acot Jr, RE Sajorne, NAK Omar, PD Suson… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plastic pollution in the ocean is an emerging environmental concern in the Philippines. This study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of macroplastics, composition of plastic …
D Zhaxylykova, A Alibekov, W Lee - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the MP presence and removal in the urban WWTP in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. MP concentrations in the 100–5000 μm size were analyzed …
J Chojnacka, A Drobniewska, W Lenga, J Misztal… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antidepressants, especially selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, which are among the most commonly used pharmaceuticals, are ubiquitous in effluents and freshwaters …
Water | Free Full-Text | Application and Efficacy of Management Interventions for the Control of Microplastics in Freshwater Bodies: A Systematic Review Next Article in Journal A Study on the …
The Philippines is primarily an agricultural country in which most Filipinos depend on the health of the soil for livelihood. Plastic pollution adversely affects agriculture by degrading …
As contaminants are often present in aquatic environments as mixtures, they may interact with each other and affect living organisms differently than when tested individually …
T Can, GE Üstün - Pollutants and Recent Trends in Wastewater Treatment, 2024 - Springer
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are potential microplastic (MP) sources for receiving ecosystems (aquatic/terrestrial). MPs reach WWTPs from different sources. Although these …