Tapos Kumar Chakraborty, Md Sozibur Rahman, Md Simoon Nice, Baytune Nahar Netema, Khandakar Rashedul Islam, Partha Chandra Debnath, Pragga Chowdhury, Monishanker Halder, Samina Zaman, Gopal Chandra Ghosh, Md Abu Rayhan, Sk Mahmudul Hasan Asif, Aditi Biswas, Sarajit Sarker, Md Jahid Hasan, Mahfuz Ahmmed, Asadullah Munna
Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging global concern due to severe toxicological risks for ecosystems and public health. Therefore, this is the first study in Bangladesh to assess MP pollution and its associated risks for ecosystems and human health in the outdoor urban environment using machine learning and multivariate approaches. The occurrences of MPs in the urban road dust were 52.76 ± 20.24 particles/g with high diversity, where fiber shape (77%), 0.1-0.5 mm size MPs (75%), blue color (26%), and low-density polyethylene (24%) polymer was the dominating MPs category...
April 18, 2024: Journal of Hazardous Materials