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The vast amount of plastic waste emitted into the environment is of increasing concern because there is mounting evidence for various toxic effects of microplastics on living organisms. In particular, despite freshwater ecosystems are essential sources of water supply, they have been less investigated than marine ecosystems for microplastic pollution. Here, we review 150 freshwater studies for techniques used to separating microplastics from water and sediments. We compare major chemicals utilized in digestion and density separation steps. Sodium chloride is the most prevalent salt used in separating microplastics from freshwater environments. Hydrogen peroxide and Fenton’s reagent are most frequently used in digestion of organic materials.
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; Mirzajani Alireza 3 ; Abbasi Sajjad 4 ; Wu, Chenxi 5 ; Zhang, Yu 6 ; Yang, Min 7 1 University of Tehran, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Karaj, Iran (GRID:grid.46072.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 0612 7950)
2 University of Tehran, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Karaj, Iran (GRID:grid.46072.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 0612 7950); Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309)
3 Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Inland Waters Aquaculture Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute, Bandar-e Anzali, Iran (GRID:grid.9227.e)
4 Shiraz University, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Shiraz, Iran (GRID:grid.412573.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 0745 1259); Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Department of Radiochemistry and Environment Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lublin, Poland (GRID:grid.29328.32) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 1303)
5 Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Wuhan, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (GRID:grid.410726.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1797 8419)
6 Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (GRID:grid.410726.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1797 8419)
7 University of Tehran, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, Karaj, Iran (GRID:grid.46072.37) (ISNI:0000 0004 0612 7950); Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China (GRID:grid.9227.e) (ISNI:0000000119573309); University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China (GRID:grid.410726.6) (ISNI:0000 0004 1797 8419)