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Microplastics and the Environment: A Review
Microplastics are a large class of contaminants comprising a sophisticated combination of chemicals and polymers prevalent in water and sediment. Numerous aquatic environments, including microplastics have been established as critical environmental contaminants in all matrices. Although microplastic pollution is widespread in the soil, rivers, and atmosphere, these ecosystems are frequently regarded as distinct entities. Consequences of environmental microplastics engaging with biotic and abiotic elements include absorption, settling, biofouling, degradation, disintegration, and entry into the food web with a subsequent transfer throughout the food supply chain. As plastic items are used often and poorly managed, microplastics are released into the environment and are known to carry heavy metals. Absorption of heavy metal microplastics may transport toxic metals across the food web and cause ecological stress due to this large fraction of overall pollution. Toxic metals sorption on microplastics is an impulsive reaction driven by the microplastic surface. The coexistence of MPs and heavy metals poses a threat to the viability of organisms. It has recently been identified as a rising and continuing environmental calamity on a variety of substrates across the world. It is crucial to link the origin and interaction of microplastics in water and sediment with metal pollutants, focusing on toxicities and accumulation and their detrimental effects on organisms and ecosystems, to better comprehend and minimize the potential uncertainties of microplastics.
Microplastics and the Environment: A Review
Microplastics are a large class of contaminants comprising a sophisticated combination of chemicals and polymers prevalent in water and sediment. Numerous aquatic environments, including microplastics have been established as critical environmental contaminants in all matrices. Although microplastic pollution is widespread in the soil, rivers, and atmosphere, these ecosystems are frequently regarded as distinct entities. Consequences of environmental microplastics engaging with biotic and abiotic elements include absorption, settling, biofouling, degradation, disintegration, and entry into the food web with a subsequent transfer throughout the food supply chain. As plastic items are used often and poorly managed, microplastics are released into the environment and are known to carry heavy metals. Absorption of heavy metal microplastics may transport toxic metals across the food web and cause ecological stress due to this large fraction of overall pollution. Toxic metals sorption on microplastics is an impulsive reaction driven by the microplastic surface. The coexistence of MPs and heavy metals poses a threat to the viability of organisms. It has recently been identified as a rising and continuing environmental calamity on a variety of substrates across the world. It is crucial to link the origin and interaction of microplastics in water and sediment with metal pollutants, focusing on toxicities and accumulation and their detrimental effects on organisms and ecosystems, to better comprehend and minimize the potential uncertainties of microplastics.
Microplastics and the Environment: A Review
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Reddy, Krishna R. (editor) / Ravichandran, P. T. (editor) / Ayothiraman, R. (editor) / Joseph, Anil (editor) / Crispin, Augustine (author) / Parthasarathy, Purushothaman (author)
International Conference on Civil Engineering Innovative Development in Engineering Advances ; 2023 ; Kattankulathur, India
2024-01-31
9 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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