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Free, but not microplastic-free, drinking water from outdoor refill kiosks: A challenge and a wake-up call for urban management

Free refill drinking water kiosks are an essential sustainable water supply system for people in metropolitan areas worldwide. Despite their importance in urban settings, the impact of microplastic contamination remains elusive. Here, we investigated the occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in drinking-water samples collected from 22 self-distributed refill kiosks located in 14 multiuse urban parks spread across nine municipalities in Mexico City (Mexico). The results showed that microplastics were detected in all the samples, with an overall mean concentration of 74.18???48.76 microplastics L?1. The abundance of microplastics was significantly different between sampled kiosks, ranging from 23???11.31 to 202???28.39 microplastics L?1. There were more fibrous microplastics (88%) than fragments (9%) and films (3%), with the majority (56%) being

» Author: V.C. Shruti, Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy, Ferm?n P?rez-Guevara, Priyadarsi D. Roy, I. Elizalde-Mart?nez

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