water-soluble homopolymers of acrylic acid (P-AAs) are employed in laundry detergents and other household cleaning products [18,19,20,21]. Water-soluble acrylamide-acrylic acid copolymers (AAmAA-CoPs) are used at high tonnages as flocculants, e.g., in wastewater treatment...
Because of their usually high molecular weight, polymers are generally considered as being of low environmental concern and are, therefore, exempted from r