Microplastic Pollution in the Ganga
Recently, Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link released a study titled, ‘Quantitative analysis of Microplastics along River Ganga’ according to which the river is heavily polluted with microplastics.
Microplastics
- Microplastics are synthetic solid particles ranging from 1 micrometre (μm) to 5 millimetre (mm). They are insoluble in water. Microplastics are a major source of marine pollution.
Highlights of the Study
- The samples of Ganga’s water were collected from Haridwar, Kanpur and Varanasi and microplastics were found in all of them.
- The water testing was carried out in collaboration with the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa.
- Apart from microplastics, there were other ....
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