Distribution and risk assessment of microplastic pollution in a rural river system near a wastewater treatment plant, hydro-dam, and river confluence

Autor:	Addrita Haque, Thomas M. Holsen, Abul B. M. Baki
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	Medicine Science
Zdroj:	Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2024)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	2045-2322
DOI:	10.1038/s41598-024-56730-x
Popis:	Abstract Rivers are the natural drainage system, transporting anthropogenic wastes and pollution, including microplastics (plastic 1; PLIzone = 1.87 and 1.68 for water and sediment samples respectively), with risk categories between Levels I and IV (“minor” to “danger”). Overall, the river stands in a “considerable” risk category (PRIzone = 134 and 113 for water and sediment samples respectively). The overall objective of this pilot study was to evaluate our hypothesis and advance our understanding of microplastic dynamics in rural river systems, elucidating their introduction from a point source (wastewater treatment plant), transit through an impediment (hydro-dam), and release into a vital transboundary river (confluence of Raquette-St. Lawrence Rivers).
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