A review on fate and ecotoxicity of biodegradable microplastics in aquatic system: Are biodegradable plastics truly safe for the environment?

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 344, P. 123399 - 123399

Published: Jan. 17, 2024

Language: Английский

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Effect of aging on the properties of microplastics and their adsorption behavior of norfloxacin

Journal of Water Process Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 70, P. 107021 - 107021

Published: Jan. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Microplastic burden in marine benthic invertebrates depends on species traits and feeding ecology within biogeographical provinces

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Dec. 4, 2023

Abstract The microplastic body burden of marine animals is often assumed to reflect levels environmental contamination, yet variations in feeding ecology and regional trait expression could also affect a species’ risk contaminant uptake. Here, we explore the global inventory individual for invertebrate species inhabiting sediments across 16 biogeographic provinces. We show that benthic invertebrates cannot be fully explained by absolute contamination environment, because interspecific differences behaviour strongly determine Our analyses indicate degree species-specific particle selectivity; likely associated with biology. Highest occurs Yellow Mediterranean Seas and, contrary expectation, amongst omnivores, predators, deposit feeders rather than suspension species. findings highlight inadequacy uptake assessments based on inventories alone, need understand how covary contamination.

Language: Английский

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Microplastic pollution in the marine environment: Distribution factors and mitigation strategies in different oceans

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 269, P. 104496 - 104496

Published: Jan. 5, 2025

Language: Английский

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A Comprehensive Review of the Developments in Electrocoagulation for the Removal of Contaminants from Wastewater

Separations, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 10(6), P. 337 - 337

Published: May 30, 2023

Water organic pollution has become a major issue. A large number of people suffer from the decline in water quality. In addition, polluted can lead to health problems or excessive deaths. this regard, an increasingly important method for efficient treatment is electrocoagulation (EC), technology that encompasses small equipment size combined with simple operation compared other methods. The importance EC especially accentuated by recent decarbonization efforts due increasing availability renewable electricity systems. This review provides overview most developments as it pertains wastewater treatment. preferred over traditional methods its easy setup and low material costs. Moreover, very powerful destabilizing impurities charge neutralization then coagulating form flocs. shown high efficiency not only removing various pollutants but also emerging persistent contaminants, such microplastics. For these reasons, mechanisms related functional modalities are reviewed, well extensive details provided on diversity removed contaminants. Overall, significant new knowledge interest environmental chemical researchers particular engineers general purification.

Language: Английский

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Microplastics in Malaysia's Aquatic Environment: Current Overview and Future Perspectives

Global Challenges, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 7(8)

Published: July 12, 2023

Abstract Microplastic pollution has adversely affected the aquatic ecosystem, living creatures, and human health. Several studies in Malaysia have provided baseline information on existence of microplastics surface water, ingestion by marine life sediment. Also, humans are exposed to microplastic due consumption contaminated abiotic biotic products, such as processed seafood. Nonetheless, knowledge is still scarce among Malaysian potential remediation management microplastics, which poses a significant challenge preserve good environmental status. Green technologies also other alternative mitigate contamination for sustainable future. Hence, this review aims provide an overview microplastic's occurrence, fate, implications Malaysia's environment. Detection from water surface, aquatics, sediment samples highlighted. Available different treatment processes toward discussed. Additionally, challenges, current perspective plastic Malaysia, well green strategies reducing put forward. The goal work improve understanding seriousness environments, thus encouraging key concerns that need be investigated further.

Language: Английский

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Assessment of meso- and microplastics distribution in coastal sediments and waters at the middle estuary of the Rio De La Plata, Argentina (SW Atlantic Ocean)

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 914, P. 170026 - 170026

Published: Jan. 11, 2024

Language: Английский

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Levels, spatial distributions, and provision of petroleum hydrocarbons and phthalates in sediments from Obhur lagoon, Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia

Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 46(1)

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Modelling and application of dissolved air flotation for efficient separation of microplastics from sludges and sediments

Journal of environmental chemical engineering, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(3), P. 112864 - 112864

Published: April 26, 2024

The pervasive presence of microplastics in our environment necessitates urgent measures to prevent further release and address existing contamination hotspots. This work focuses on the removal from sludges sediments through application dissolved air flotation (DAF). In addition experimental investigations, study presents development a predictive model for formation aggregates comprising bubbles DAF contact zone. First an empirical was established predict attachment efficiency between particles (αdb). To this end, determined various plastics, with varying particle sizes shape factors, system conditions. obtained data set utilized establish by PLS regression describing αdb based size, bubble density, Hamaker constant, angle, solid load, aspect ratio, circularity, sphericity, resulting MSPE 0.011 adjusted-R² 0.64. Secondly, semi-deterministic XDLVO theory developed using MLR, where described natural logarithm Van der Waals, electrostatic hydrophobic forces acting bubble, RSE 0.067 0.63. Finally, applicability these models demonstrated case industrial sludge consisting sediment PVC microplastics. Validation dimensioning unit processing at capacity 20 m³.h-1 emphasize practical implications models.

Language: Английский

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A comprehensive risk assessment of microplastics in soil, water, and atmosphere: Implications for human health and environmental safety

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 285, P. 117154 - 117154

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Microplastics (MPs) are pervasive across ecosystems, likely posing significant environmental and health risks based on more evidence. In this study, we searched through the Web of Science Core Collection obtained 1039 papers for visualization analysis. order to discuss chemical composition, migration, transformation potential risk MPs, 135 sets relevant data in soil, water, atmosphere were collected China as a typical region, which is hotspot region investigation MPs. The results showed that primary polymer categories MPs environment be polypropylene, polyethylene, polystyrene. soil contains quantity averaging at 12,107.42 items·kg

Language: Английский

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