IWRA 2023 Online Conference - Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment
Theme 5: PRIORITY emerging pollutants in the hydrocycle: microplastics, nanomaterial, PFAs and PPCPs
Author(s): Mbuyiselwa Moloi
Mbuyiselwa Moloi, Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
Oral: PDFAbstract
Conclusions and policy implications
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Increasing discharge of PR-ENMs into the aquatic environment
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Need for method development for release and characterisation
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Investigation of factors influencing exposure dynamics which ultimately influence bioavailability, effects and risk potential
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Robust data generation (exposure and risk) to conclusively advise on the need for policy development for environmental safety
18 January 2023 (10:00 CET)