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Micropollutant
Micropollutants are contaminants that enter the ground or water in extremely small amounts (measuring below a microgram per liter). Micropollutants are a direct result of human activities and they are derived from a variety of sources including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, cleaning products, and pesticides.
What's Popular in Micropollutant
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SEP 04, 2025Earth & The Environment
What long-term threats does plastic pollution have on the Earth, and specifically marine life? This is what a recent stu ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 07, 2025Technology
How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to predict pollution and weather patterns? This is what a recent study publ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 10, 2025Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for contributing airborne microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) to the environment? This ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 17, 2025Earth & The Environment
What are the health implications between particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution and PM1 pollution, which are the diameter ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAPR 20, 2025Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What long-term threats does plastic pollution have on the Earth, and specifically marine life? This is what a recent stu
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 07, 2025
Technology
How can artificial intelligence (AI) be used to predict pollution and weather patterns? This is what a recent study publ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 10, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What processes are responsible for contributing airborne microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) to the environment? This
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 17, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What are the health implications between particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution and PM1 pollution, which are the diameter
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
APR 20, 2025
Earth & The Environment
Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofi
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2025
Earth & The Environment
What are the potential health risks from airborne dust pollution, especially in the growing threat of climate change? Th
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Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 27, 2025
Cardiology
Exposure to high levels of microplastic pollution may raise your risk of stroke, diabetes, and more.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
MAR 14, 2025
Microbiology
Plastic is a cheap and durable material that has been adapted and applied in innumerable ways. Vast amounts of plastic h
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
The widespread production and use of plastics began around the 1950s, but the production of plastics has also increased
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Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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AUG 08, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat and an emerging micropollutant of concern. Monitoring antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental samples requires advanced molecula...
AUG 08, 2023 | 8:00 AM
Antibiotic resistance is a global health threat and an emerging micropollutant of concern. Monitoring antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) from environmental samples requires advanced molecula...