Prevalence and implications of microplastics in potable water system: An update

• Main Authors: Menon, Vikas, Sharma, Swati, Gupta, Shreya, Ghosal, Anujit, Nadda, Ashok Kumar, Jose, Rajan, Sharma, Pooja, Kumar, Sunil, Singh, Pardeep, Raizada, Pankaj
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2023
• Subjects: HD Industries. Land use. Labor; Q Science (General); T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40723/1/Prevalence%20and%20implications%20of%20microplastics%20in%20potable%20water.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40723/2/Prevalence%20and%20implications%20of%20microplastics%20in%20potable%20water%20system_ABS.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/40723/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137848; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.137848
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah

Synthetic plastics, which are lightweight, durable, elastic, mouldable, cheap, and hydrophobic, were originally invented for human convenience. However, their non-biodegradability and continuous accumulation at an alarming rate as well as subsequent conversion into micro/nano plastic scale structure...