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Microplastic pollution in surface water of the Chao Phraya River in Ang Thong area

As the top country for plastic production and consumption, Thailand generated more than 3 million tonnes of plastic waste in 2016. As a result of improper management, 0.15 to 0.41 million tonnes of plastic waste entered annually in the aquatic environment in Thailand. In recent years, a small size of plastic waste in term of microplastics (MPs) became a significant concern due to their persistence, ubiquity and potential to play as vectors for transfer organic pollutants to human and biota. This study reports the concentration of MPs of the Chao Phraya River at Pa Mok District – a huge agricultural area of Ang Thong Province.