Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 -- Microplastic pollution has become a grim threat to water bodies globally, which needs to be monitored and analysed constantly through the model sampling method to safeguard them from degradation, according to Dr. Anoop Krishnan, Environmental Hydrology Group Scientist of National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS).
Dr. Anoop Krishnan was delivering the invited lecture on 'Chemistry of Emerging Contaminants in Riverine Systems' at BRIC-Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) here on World Environment Day.
BRIC-RGCB Director Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana presided over the World Environment Day programmes on the campus.
'Combating plastic pollution' is this year's World Environment Day theme.
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