A5086476510- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
IMDEA Water
2022-2025
Universidad de Alcalá
2022-2024
Barcelona Institute for Global Health
2021-2023
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2021-2023
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública
2021-2023
Wageningen University & Research
2017-2022
Hospital del Mar Research Institute
2021-2022
Municipal Institute for Medical Research
2022
University of Amsterdam
2015
Diverse effects of nano- and microplastic (NMP) have been demonstrated in the laboratory. We provide a broad review current knowledge on occurrence, measurement, modeling approaches, fate, exposure, effects, effect thresholds as regard to microplastics aquatic environment. Using this information, we perform 'proof concept' risk assessment for NMP, accounting diversity material. New data is included showing how bioturbation affects exposure evaluated based literature model analyses. worst...
Researcher and media alarms have caused plastic debris to be perceived as a major threat humans animals. However, although the waste of in environment is clearly undesirable for aesthetic economic reasons, actual environmental risks different plastics their associated chemicals remain largely unknown. Here we show how systematic assessment adverse outcome pathways based on ecologically relevant metrics exposure effect can bring risk within reach. Results such an will help respond current...
Now that microplastics have been detected in lakes, rivers, and estuaries all over the globe, evaluating their effects on biota has become an urgent research priority. This is first study aims at determining effect thresholds for a battery of six freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates with different species traits, using wide range microplastic concentrations. Standardized 28 days single bioassays were performed under environmentally relevant exposure conditions polystyrene (20-500 μm) mixed...
The lack of standard approaches in microplastic research limits progress the abatement plastic pollution. Here, we propose and test rescaling methods that are able to improve alignment used research. We describe a method correct for differences size ranges as by studies reporting concentrations demonstrate how this reduces variation aqueous-phase caused differences. provide interchange between number, volume, mass using probability density functions represent environmental microplastic....
Assessment methods on data quality and environmental variability are lacking for microplastics (MP). Here we assess occurrence of MP number concentrations in two Dutch rivers. Strict QA/QC procedures were applied to identify using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) microscopy followed by state the art automated image analysis. For a series randomly selected, yet ever smaller subareas filters, assessed how accurately numbers polymer types represented during partial filter Levels uncertainty...
Nano- and microplastics in freshwater sediments affect the composition of invertebrate communities after 15 months exposure.
Pollution with microplastics has become an environmental concern worldwide. Yet, little information is available on the distribution of in lakes. Lake Ziway one largest lakes Ethiopia and known for its fishing drinking water supply. This study aims to examine plastic particles, all sizes (micro- small macro-plastics) four major fish species lake shoreline sediment. The gastrointestinal tracts analysis showed that 35% sampled fishes ingested particles. median number particles per was 4 (range...
Microplastics (MPs) are one of the most widespread contaminants worldwide, yet their risks for freshwater ecosystems have seldom been investigated. In this study, we performed a large monitoring campaign to assess presence and MPs in Amazonian ecosystems. We investigated MP pollution 40 samples collected along 1500 km Brazilian Amazon, including Amazon River, three major tributaries, several streams next important urban areas. 55-5000 µm size range were characterized (size, shape, color) by...
Micronized particles released from car tires have been found to contribute substantially microplastic pollution, triggering the need evaluate their effects on biota. In present study, four freshwater benthic macroinvertebrates were exposed for 28 days tread (TP; 10-586 μm) made used at concentrations of 0, 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, and 10% sediment dry weight. No adverse survival, growth, feeding rate Gammarus pulex Asellus aquaticus, survival growth Tubifex spp., number worms Lumbriculus variegatus....
Determining the risks of microplastics is difficult because data variable quality and cannot be compared. Although sediments are important sinks for microplastics, no holistic risk assessment framework available this compartment. Here we assess in freshwater worldwide, using strict criteria alignment methods. Published exposure were screened new sediment rescaled to standard 1-5000 µm microplastic size range. Threshold effect also aligned account polydispersity environmental their...
The Laurentian Great Lakes represent important and iconic ecosystems. Microplastic pollution has become a major problem among other anthropogenic stressors in these lakes. There is need for policy development, however, assessing the risks of microplastics complicated due to uncertainty poor quality data incompatibility exposure effect with different properties. Here we provide prospective probabilistic risk assessment sediments surface waters that corrects misalignment between data, accounts...
Abstract A wide range of chemicals was measured in different types drinking water and urine samples through target non-target screening (NTS) to estimate human exposure. Tap collected from 42 locations Barcelona (August–October/2020, May/2021), tap filtered with domestic activated carbon filters (AC, N = 6) reverse osmosis (RO, 5), commercial bottled ( 10), 39) were included. 35 per- polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), bisphenol A, nonylphenol analyzed using LC – MS/MS GC MS/MS, NTS HRMS. 9...
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are widespread emerging contaminants with many potential direct indirect effects on soil ecosystems. Ecological MNP hazard assessment is thus crucial for a proper risk the development of environmental protection regulations. However, current testing approaches hampered by absence guidelines, harmonization, standard reference materials. This article discusses need improving provides specific recommendations to increase relevance reliability ecotoxicity data. Our...
To avoid confusion about the risks of microplastics in public domain, it is crucial that differences terminology and approach within existing risk assessment frameworks are clear to managers. In this article, we discuss key concepts recent literature on provide a shortlist elements consider. Furthermore, compare contrast two approaches have been published but not yet compared detail. One method uses categories particle properties, does include an impact assessment, limited particles sample....
Soils are considered to be a major sink for microplastics (MPs) in the environment, with application of agricultural mulch films being one most important pathways enter soil. Once soil, plastic particles exposed various environmental factors leading MP ageing, characterised by morphological and structural changes. Soil aggregates can play crucial role these degradation processes, potentially preserving within them.Therefore, aim this study was investigate differences between MPs originating...
Agricultural plastic mulch films are widely used in vegetable production to optimise soil temperature, moisture retention and weed control. However, they also an important pathway for plastics enter the soil, where degrade over time into microplastics (MPs). The fate of these MPs is still uncertain, however it assumed that embedment aggregates will protect from further degradation.The aim this study was investigate i) how much biodegradable conventional European topsoils occluded within...