The joint toxicity of polyethylene microplastic and phenanthrene to wheat seedlings

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 282; p. 130967
• Main Authors: Liu, Shiqi, Wang, Jiawei, Zhu, Jiahui, Wang, Jia, Wang, Huiqian, Zhan, Xinhua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Antioxidant system; biomass; Chlorophyll; dose response; microplastics; Phenanthrene; phenanthrenes; photosynthesis; pollution; polyethylene; Polyethylene microplastic; root growth; soil; Toxicity; wheat; Wheat seedling; Antioxidant system; Chlorophyll; Phenanthrene; Polyethylene microplastic; Toxicity; Wheat seedling

Due to wide distribution, easy production, and difficult degradation, microplastic pollution has become a new environmental problem that has attracted worldwide attention. However, there is little information about the effects of microplastics in soil and their combined pollution with other organic...