Environmental Behaviour, Biological Effects and Treatment Technologies for Microplastics
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 17 November 2024 | Viewed by 342
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The concept of "microplastics" (MPs) was first introduced in 2004 and refers to plastic fragments and particles less than 5 mm in diameter. Compared to 'white polluting' plastics, the danger of MPs is reflected in their tiny particle diameter. In fact, MPs range in size from a few microns to a few millimetres, and are a mixture of non-uniform plastic particles in a variety of shapes that are often difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, which is why they are more harmful to the environment than ordinary non-degradable plastics.
In 2018 China's Ministry of Environment and Ecology confirmed the presence of MPs in seawater, as well as in the seafloor and submarine sediments. In more recent research, in March 2022, scientists detected MP contamination in human blood for the first time, and in April of the same year British scientists found MPs deep in the lungs of living people for the first time. These findings undoubtedly demonstrate the public health risks of MPs as a new type of pollutant.
This Special Issue (SI) will focus on the latest research and applications of the environmental chemistry of MPs from around the world. This Special Issue will focus on the environmental behaviour, biological effects and treatment technologies of MPs, providing a specific perspective on health and ecological sustainability.
Prof. Dr. Liu Feng
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microplastics (MPs)
- environmental behaviour
- biological effects
- soil/water treatment
