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    Analysis of nagongera town council water and soil for microplastic contamination
    (Busitema University, 2024) Ssemugenyi, Edison
    Microplastics are small fragments of plastics of size less than 5 mm. They generally breakdown from plastic materials such as polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, and others due to different factors like abrasion, high temperatures and high pressure. Microplastics have detrimental effects when humans are exposed to them, these include; breast cancer, prostate cancer, organ dysfunctioning, inflammation, miscarriage and others. This research was aimed at analyzing and comparing the level of microplastic contamination in the different water sources utilized by the residents of Nagongera town council and the different soil samples of Nagongera town council. Therefore, it could serve to sensitize the residents about the dangers of improper disposal of plastic wastes and also recommend on the best water sources suitable for human consumption that is those with the least level of microplastic contamination. The analysis of microplastics was done using FT-IR spectroscopy where the spectra were compared with the standard spectra of microplastics.