Micro- and nanoplastics in soil ecosystems: Analytical methods, fate, and effects

As emerging contaminants, microplastics and nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) are increasingly widespread in soil environment. The present paper reviews available analytical methods for detecting MPs/NPs in soil and plants, and examines the migration processes of MPs/NPs at multiple interfaces as well as the p...

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Authors: Wang, Yu, Xiang, Leilei, Amelung, Wulf, Elsner, Martin, Gan, Jay, Kueppers, Stephan, Christian, Laforsch, Jiang, Xin, Adu-Gyamfi, Joseph, Heng, Lee, Ok, Yong Sik, Ivleva, Natalia P., Luo, Yongming, Barceló, Damià, Schäffer, Andreas, Wang, Fang
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2023
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repository:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/351450
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/351450
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85174748743
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Soil organisms
Ecological risk
Plastic pollution
Plastics
Soil health
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Summary:As emerging contaminants, microplastics and nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) are increasingly widespread in soil environment. The present paper reviews available analytical methods for detecting MPs/NPs in soil and plants, and examines the migration processes of MPs/NPs at multiple interfaces as well as the potential toxic effects of MPs/NPs. Without standard methods to trace MPs/NPs in different environmental compartments, indoor simulation experiments were mainly adopted in previous studies, differing greatly from MPs/NPs in actual environments. Therefore, we propose that new research should particularly 1) focus on realistic environmental concentrations and surrogates that mimic types, shapes, and sizes of MPs/NPs in natural environments; 2) develop novel methods to improve our understanding of multi-interface migration and transformation of MPs/NPs in the soil-plant system; and 3) advance towards an in-depth assessment of potential toxic effects of MPs/NPs on soil organisms to provide a scientific basis for the effective control of MPs/NPs pollution.

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