A review of microplastics in soil: Occurrence, analytical methods, combined contamination and risks

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 306; p. 119374
• Main Authors: Zhang, Zhiqin, Zhao, Shuling, Chen, Li, Duan, Chengjiao, Zhang, Xingchang, Fang, Linchuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2022
• Subjects: chemical pollutants; Combined contamination; Ecological effects; environmental fate; Extraction and identification; food chain; microplastics; pollution; risk; soil; Soil MPs pollution; sorption; Source and distribution; Combined contamination; Ecological effects; Source and distribution; Extraction and identification; Soil MPs pollution

Microplastics (MPs) pollution is becoming a serious environmental issue of global concern. Currently, the effects of MPs on aquatic ecosystems have been studied in detail and in depth from species to communities. However, soils, the largest reservoir of MPs, have been less studied, and little is kno...