You have no items in your shopping cart.
ABSTRACT
Microplastics are fast-emerging group of pollutants. Their worldwide occurrence in water, sediment, and aquatic fauna raises questions and concerns as to their probable effects on aquatic life and ecology. This study was conducted to determine the presence of microplastics in upstream and downstream of Ikpoba hill, Temboga and Okhoro river. The samples were collected once in a week; between the 1st to 31st of June, 2021. Microplastics were isolated from upstream and downstream samples by wet peroxide oxidation (WPO) followed by density separation. Microplastics were identified according to their shapes and colours after being examined under photographed digital microscope. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to identify the type of plastics in the samples. This study provides an insight of the types of microplastics found in the rivers listed above and therefore, further actions need to be taken to curb the distribution of microplastics in marine ecosystem from threatening the marine food chain.
