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Microplastic Pollution in India and Its Environmental Impacts : Assessment of Ecosystems and Aquatic Environments, Impacts on Human Health, Management and Mitigation / edited by Pradeep Khyalia, Sangita Yadav.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khyalia, Pradeep.
- Series:
- Earth and Environmental Sciences Library, 2730-6682
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pollution.
- Environmental health.
- Environmental management.
- Environmental monitoring.
- Sustainability.
- Environmental Health.
- Environmental Management.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Local Subjects:
- Pollution.
- Environmental Health.
- Environmental Management.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Sustainability.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
- Summary:
- This book provides information about microplastic (MP) pollution and the solutions for the same in the Indian context. As our era is known as the Plasticene, the age of plastics and MPs are now widespread in our environment, found in various biomes from the ocean floor to high mountain ranges or ecosystems. Humans can consume MPs from these compartments by ingesting, inhalation, and dermal contact. MPs also entered the food chain and web, creating new risks and hazards for food safety. So there is an urgent need to manage MPs. Worldwide researchers are focusing on microplastics, but India is still in the initial stage. So this book provides a base for the researcher in India to study microplastics. This book includes sources, fate, and distribution of microplastics; analytical methods; ecological risks; toxicity and health risks; indicators of MPs; and management and mitigation of microplastics in India. The book provides a thorough overview of microplastics in environmental domainsand is a valuable tool for policymakers, ecologists, toxicologists, and environmental researchers, as well as for ordinary people and non-experts in India.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. Microplastics pollution and Monitoring
- 2
- Microplastics pollution in India as an Emerging Concern
- 3. Potential indicators of microplastics for monitoring microplastic pollution
- Part 2. Microplastics Impacts on Ecosystems
- 4. Microplastics in the terrestrial ecosystem of India
- 4. Microplastics in the inland water ecosystem of India
- 5. Microplastics in the sediments ecosystem of India.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Khyalia, Pradeep Microplastic Pollution in India and Its Environmental Impacts
- ISBN:
- 9783031925306
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