Dynamics and Impacts of Microplastics (MPs) and Nanoplastics (NPs) on Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Processes: The Need for Robust Regulatory Frameworks

ACS Omega, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 10(17), С. 17051 - 17069

Опубликована: Апрель 24, 2025

Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) pose significant threats to aquatic terrestrial ecosystems, disrupting nutrient cycling, altering soil properties, affecting microbial communities. MPs NPs bioaccumulate contribute global water cycle disruptions, intensifying the impact of climate change. Despite widespread use plastics, inadequate plastic waste management leads persistent environmental pollution. Toxic compounds are transported by NPs, food chains, cycles, overall ecosystem health. biogeochemistry, activity, greenhouse gas emissions nitrogen carbon cycles. One largest gaps in microplastic (MP) research today is lack standardized sampling analytical methods. This standardization significantly complicates comparison results across different studies. Multidisciplinary strict regulatory measures needed address MP review highlights critical need for mitigation methods maintain integrity suggests data analysis. It offers insights into distribution, best practices analysis, impacts interactions with biogeochemical processes. The Environmental Protection Agency has identified a improve identification nanoplastics. Particles smaller than 10 μm become increasingly difficult quantify using standard detection practices.

Язык: Английский

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The Impact of Microplastics on Global Food Production: A Brief Overview of This Complex Sector

Microplastics, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 2(4), С. 371 - 388

Опубликована: Ноя. 15, 2023

Environmental pollution management combined with food safety represents two of the main challenges last decades. Soil and water contamination has historically threatened safety. As ubiquitous pollutants, microplastics (MPs) have attracted increasing attention over few years. These particles can affect balance terrestrial, aquatic, aerial ecosystems. Their negative impacts are intensified when they adsorb carry toxic chemicals. They circulate through organisms accumulate in human beings via water. Physiological dysfunctions all species continue to be reported, both terrestrial aquatic This article considers how this might affecting global production food. It reports adverse effects induced by MPs soils, their properties growing within upon them, including livestock pollinating agents necessary for plant growth. A separate section discusses on aquaculture, mentioning wild species, as well farmed fish. The concern sector mimics that world warming; danger is real requires urgent attention.

Язык: Английский

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A study on transboundary governance of marine plastic debris—the case of an adjacent waters between China and Taiwan

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 31(8), С. 11842 - 11856

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2024

Язык: Английский

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The Presence of Microplastics in Animal Wildlife and Water Sources in “Komchén de los Pájaros,” a Dedicated Conservation Area

Water Air & Soil Pollution, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 235(1)

Опубликована: Дек. 22, 2023

Язык: Английский

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The Impact of Microplastics on the Global Food Industry: A Brief Overview of This Extremely Diverse and Complex Sector

Опубликована: Авг. 14, 2023

Environmental pollution management combined with food safety represent two of the main important challenges last decades. Soil and water contamination. have historically threatened safety. As ubiquitous pollutants, microplastics (MPs) attracted increasing attention over few years, due to their impact on socio-ecological system. These particles can affect balance terrestrial, aquatic aerial ecosystems. Their negative impacts are intensified when they adsorb carry toxic chemicals. They circulate through organisms accumulate in human chain. Physiological dysfunctions living beings continue be reported, both terrestrial The question that remains is what scale this might affecting global production food. present article addresses issues related industry, including agriculture, livestock, fish farming. In doing so it seeks provide subsidies for evaluation real MP dispersion different world environments resulting effects production.

Язык: Английский

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Effects of microplastics polluted soil on the growth of Solanum lycopersicum L.

ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13(1)

Опубликована: Авг. 31, 2024

This study employed two prevalent plastic products - straws and microfiber as microplastics (MPs) to elucidate their largely unexplored effects on soil's properties the growth of tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.). For this experiment, a completely randomized design (CRD) was adopted where, straw polypropylene (PP), polyester (PES) + polyamide (PA), combinations (PP PES PA) were mixed with soil using different concentrations – 0% (control), 0.4%, 1%, 2% (treatments) kept for 45 days at room temperature. The findings demonstrated that incorporating MPs in significantly decreased bulk density electrical conductivity 7.29% 67.3%, respectively, while pH increased 17.84% cultures containing 1% microfiber. Maximum water holding capacity (MWHC), organic carbon (SOC), matter (SOM) showed varied responses based type concentration. Specifically, MWHC 16.4% but declined 13.3% 0.4% straw. highest (30.65%) SOC SOM evident whereas 9.68% 8.33% In terms traits S. lycopersicum, substantial reductions height (56.37%), leaf number (54.37%), girth diameter (56.43%) observed cultures. Although no mortality noted, most pronounced area (62.44%) total biomass (68.16%) occurred Therefore, ramifications these may contribute deeper comprehension mechanisms above-ground growth.

Язык: Английский

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Automated quantitative mineralogy and plastics – A new view of the plastic surface in aquatic environments

Marine Pollution Bulletin, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 211, С. 117441 - 117441

Опубликована: Дек. 12, 2024

Язык: Английский

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