微塑料的形成机制及其环境分布特征研究进展

Translated title of the contribution: Research Progress on Distribution Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Microplastics in the Environment

Long Fei Zhang, Yu Huan Liu, Rong Sheng Ruan, Lan Tian Zhao, Yun Pu Wang, Qi Zhang, Lei Peng Cao, Xian Cui, Xiao Dan Wu, Hong Li Zheng

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Abstract

The extensive application ol plastic products leads to the increasingly significant harm ol plastic wastes to the ecological environment, which is also a locus ol global environmental issues. Due to the lack ol a sound plastic waste management system, most plastic waste is still treated by the traditional mode or remains in the environment, with low recycling efficiency, and the plastic Life cycle has not yet formed. Plastics in the environment will age and degrade under the actions ol physical (wear, waves), chemical (ultraviolet radiation, hydrolysis), and biological (fungi, bacteria) factors for a long time and generate micro (nano) plastics. Due to their small particle size, large specific surface area, and charged characteristics, in addition to their own toxicity, they can also be used as carriers or covert carriers ol pollutants (heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, bacteria, etc. ) to migrate in the environment through runoff, sewage discharge, and hydrometeorology, causing ecological environmental pollution. MPs pollution has been listed as the second largest scientific problem in the Held ol environmental and ecological science by the United Nations Environment Programme. MPs are widely distributed, and there are different degrees of MPs pollution in the global water (freshwater, ocean), soil, and atmospheric environment. Traces ol MPs have also been lound in human placentas, human breastmilk, living lungs, and blood in recent years. Therelore, the formation mechanisms of MPs under the actions ol physics, chemistry, and microorganisms, as well as their abundance levels and migration characteristics in water, soil, and atmosphere environment were comprehensively reviewed, with the hope ol providing reference for monitoring the pollution levels ol MPs in the environment, exploring their transport laws in the environment, proposing the management strategy ol MPs pollution, and revealing the degradation mechanisms ol MPs under different effects.

Translated title of the contributionResearch Progress on Distribution Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Microplastics in the Environment
Original languageChinese (Traditional)
Pages (from-to)4728-4741
Number of pages14
JournalHuanjing Kexue/Environmental Science
Volume44
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2023

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Keywords

  • abundance level
  • degradation mechanism
  • environment pollution
  • microplastics (MPs)
  • migration characteristics

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