Microplastics isolated from saltwater clam Paratapes undulatus from wet market at Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Shukhairi, Sarah Syazwani, Mazlan, Nurzafirah, Muhammad Husin, Miftahul Jannah, Shalom, Jemimah, Saud, Safaa Najah, Abdullah Sani, Muhamad Shirwan, Ong, Meng Chuan, Naidu Chandra Mohan, Naveen Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UTM Press 2024
• Subjects: QD Chemistry
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/111035/3/111035_Microplastics%20isolated%20from%20saltwater_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/111035/4/111035_Microplastics%20isolated%20from%20saltwater.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/111035/; https://mjfas.utm.my/index.php/mjfas/article/view/2893/1861; https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v20n1.2893

Plastic waste has become a serious environmental threat because of large scale demand and poor disposal methods. Microplastics, defined defined as plastic waste with a diameter spanning from 5 mm to 1 μm, may easily enter the ocean and cumulatively ingested by marine life, which will eventually b...