Microplastics pollution in salt pans from the Maheshkhali Channel, Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Rakib, Md Refat Jahan, Al Nahian, Sultan, Alfonso, Maria B., Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin, Enyoh, Christian Ebere, Hamid, Fauziah Shahul, Alsubaie, Abdullah, Almalki, Abdulraheem S. A., Bradley, D. A., Mohafez, Hamidreza, Islam, Mohammad Aminul
• Format: Article
• Published: Nature Research 2021
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34461/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Microplastics (MP) were recognized as an emergent pollution problem due to their ubiquitous nature and bioaccumulative potential. Those present in salt for consumption could represent a human exposure route through dietary uptake. The current study, conducted in Bangladesh, reports microplastics con...