Airborne Microplastics

Prata, Joana C.; Castro, Joana L.; Costa, João Pinto da; Cerqueira, Mário; Duarte, Armando C.; Rocha-Santos, Teresa

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-10618-8_37-2

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“…Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment and can be found at different soil profiles [13][14][15], in groundwater [16], on the seafloor [17], in mountain lakes [18], in the Alps [19], in the Arctic [19,20], at Fjords [21], in the air [22], in all marine environments [23][24][25], as flood items [26], and even in human blood [27]. However, little is known about the effect of biofouling, ingestion, aggregation, degradation-fragmentation and bioaccumulation of microplastics [28].…”

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Microplastics: A Review of Policies and Responses

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Although (micro)plastic contamination is a worldwide concern, most scientific literature only restates that issue rather than presenting strategies to cope with it. This critical review assembles the current knowledge on policies and responses to tackle plastic pollution, including peer-reviewed scientific literature, gray literature and relevant reports to provide: (1) a timeline of policies directly or indirectly addressing microplastics; (2) the most up-to-date upstream responses to prevent microplastics pollution, such as circular economy, behavioral change, development of bio-based polymers and market-based instruments as well as source-specific strategies, focusing on the clothing industry, tire and road wear particles, antifouling paints and recreational activities; (3) a set of downstream responses tackling microplastics, such as waste to energy, degradation, water treatment plants and litter clean-up strategies; and examples of (4) multifaceted responses focused on both mitigating and preventing microplastics pollution, e.g., approaches implemented in fisheries and aquaculture facilities. Preventive strategies and multifaceted responses are postulated as pivotal to handling the exacerbated release of microplastics in the environment, while downstream responses stand out as auxiliary strategies to the chief upstream responses. The information gathered here bridges the knowledge gaps on (micro)plastic pollution by providing a synthesized baseline material for further studies addressing this environmental issue.

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Microplastics: A Review of Policies and Responses

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Occurrence and backtracking of microplastic mass loads including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air

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Few studies report the occurrence of microplastics (MP), including tire wear particles (TWP) in the marine atmosphere, and little data is available regarding their size or sources. Here we present active air sampling devices (low- and high-volume samplers) for the evaluation of composition and MP mass loads in the marine atmosphere. Air was sampled during a research cruise along the Norwegian coast up to Bear Island. Samples were analyzed with pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, generating a mass-based data set for MP in the marine atmosphere. Here we show the ubiquity of MP, even in remote Arctic areas with concentrations up to 37.5 ng m−3. Cluster of polyethylene terephthalate (max. 1.5 ng m−3) were universally present. TWP (max. 35 ng m−3) and cluster of polystyrene, polypropylene, and polyurethane (max. 1.1 ng m−3) were also detected. Atmospheric transport and dispersion models, suggested the introduction of MP into the marine atmosphere equally from sea- and land-based emissions, transforming the ocean from a sink into a source for MP.

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Airborne Microplastics

Cited by 2 publications

References 91 publications

Microplastics: A Review of Policies and Responses

Microplastics: A Review of Policies and Responses

Occurrence and backtracking of microplastic mass loads including tire wear particles in northern Atlantic air

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