Although tap water may have a lower microplastic concentration than other options (even some natural water sources), it’s still potentially concerning. The good news is that the right kind of filtration can help address these plastic particles. Water filtration is a great first step in dodging ...
The concentration of MPs are concerning: Drinking water (0–628 MPs/L), groundwater (0–80 MPs/L), surface water (0–684 MPs/L), treated wastewater (0–447 MPs/L). Size ranges varied across studies: drinking water (0–850 m), ground-water (0–3000 m), surface water (0–5000 m...
4Mircroplastics(微塑料)are some of the Earth's(1)___(tiny) and most troublesome enemies.These tiny bits of plastic(2)___(find) in countless consumer products and when they collect in(3)___(body) of water and other natural areas,they can threaten our environment and health. In fact...
The final abundances were corrected using the average concentration of microplastics in the corresponding blank. 2.5. Data analysis The abundance of microplastics from each surface water trawl was calculated by dividing the number (items) of plastic particles identified by the filtered water volume and...
We observed that microplastics generated from specific polymer types enhanced sedimentary nitrification and denitrification, whereas others inhibited these processes. In the case of PUF and PLA, in particular, there was an increase in NO3–and NO2–concentrations, a decrease in NH4+concentration (Fig....
It is accepted that solutions >1.4 g cm−3 are required to separate microplastics from sediments, since their density is dependent on polymer type, additive concentration, and even adsorbed substances and organisms [80]. A simple density separation using water is able to recover some types of ...
such as the nearby Lake Khubsugul in Mongolia, which has an average concentration of around 20,200 particles per km2. The highest concentration of microplastics found in the study – around 75,000 particles per km2– was similar to the average values for ocean ‘garbage patches’ in subtropic...
They found that the difference between their measurements, and how much rougher the surface would be if winds of the same speed were blowing across clear water, was “highly correlated with the presence of microplastics, and the degree of the difference also correlated with the concentration of ...
Surfacewater WuliangsuhaiLake Asanewtypeofpollutant,microplasticshaveattractedincreasedattentionbecauseoftheirwidespreadandper- sistentexistenceinthewaterenvironment.Inthisstudy,weinvestigatedoneoftheeightlargestlakesinChina— WuliangsuhaiLakeinInnerMongolia.ThemicroplasticconcentrationinWuliangsuhaiLakerangesfrom3.12to 1...
Airborne fiber particles: types, size and concentration observed in Beijing. Sci. Total Environ. 705, 135967 (2020). Article Google Scholar Liu, K. et al. Global inventory of atmospheric fibrous microplastics input into the ocean: an implication from the indoor origin. J. Hazard. Mater. 400...