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Microplastic pollution in African countries’ water systems: a review on findings, applied methods, characteristics, impacts, and managements

Aragaw, Tadele Assefa

SN applied sciences, 2021-06, Vol.3 (6), p.629-629, Article 629 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Cham: Springer International Publishing

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  • Título:
    Microplastic pollution in African countries’ water systems: a review on findings, applied methods, characteristics, impacts, and managements
  • Autor: Aragaw, Tadele Assefa
  • Assuntos: Abundance ; African water system ; Analytical methods ; Analytical techniques ; Applied and Technical Physics ; Biota ; Chemistry/Food Science ; Earth Sciences ; Engineering ; Environment ; Environmentalists ; Lakes ; Literature reviews ; Marine pollution ; Materials Science ; Mathematical analysis ; Microplastics ; Plastic debris ; Plastic pollution ; Pollution detection ; Pollution levels ; Pollution research ; Review Paper ; Risk assessment ; Sampling ; Sampling methods ; Sediment samplers ; Sediments ; Steel pipes ; Surface water ; Terrestrial environments ; Tilapia ; Waste management ; Wastes ; Water pollution
  • É parte de: SN applied sciences, 2021-06, Vol.3 (6), p.629-629, Article 629
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  • Descrição: Owed to their simplicity, flexibility, lightweight, and low cost, plastics have become highly demanded in Africa as well as worldwide. However, the management of plastic wastes, particularly in African countries, is inadequate and most of the plastic debris is gatewayed into the water bodies. Nowadays, environmentalists, organizations, and governments are aware of microplastic pollution in the marine and terrestrial environment. Thus, addressing a compressive literature review in one referenced paper, as they draw up the articles, is essential to propose new research directions, to synthesize the existing theories among the existing studies. The abundance of microplastics is variable depending on the sampling and identification techniques. In this review, the available publications on microplastic pollution in African countries’ water systems were retrieved. Investigations found that microplastic pollution levels in the studied water bodies were reported in high concentrations. It was observed that different sampling and analytical methods were applied for the detection of microplastics, and suggestions were raised at it may affect the reliability of the results. Most of the detected and quantified microplastics were confirmed as they are from secondary sources. Most of the microplastic pollution research was conducted dominantly in South Africa, and secondly Nigeria, although other countries should also start conducting in their water systems. Surface water and sediment samples were dominantly carried out, but are limited with biota samples; hence, the risk assessment of microplastics is not yet determined. Some of the African countries have regulations on the prevention of macroplastic wastes, but the implementations are unsuccessful and most have not yet been established resulting in a threat of microplastics pollution. Thus, the research priorities on microplastic detection should be identified, and the African countries’ governments should be more proactive in eradicating macroplastic, which ends up as microplastics, pollutions in the water environments. Graphic abstract Article Highlights Researches on microplastic pollution in African countries water system is limited . A high microplastics abundance is found in African countries water system. Sampling methods and used analytical techniques for microplastic detection were included. Harmonized standard methods for microplastic pollution research should be established. Combined analytical tools at once should be adopted to detect reliable microplastics.
  • Editor: Cham: Springer International Publishing
  • Idioma: Inglês
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