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Zdroje mikroplastů v odpadní vodě
Summary
The study investigated micro- and nanoplastic uptake by plant roots from contaminated soil, detecting particles in root tissue using fluorescence microscopy and mass spectrometry. Uptake was polymer- and size-dependent, and some particles were translocated to above-ground tissues, suggesting a potential human dietary exposure pathway.
Microplastics are present in each environmental compartment andtheir concentration is expected to increase due to the difficulty of disposal at waste water treatment plants, which are the main barrier to microplastics entering the environment, so their effects on living organisms and other environmental compartments should be better investigated. This thesis on Sources of microplastics in wastewater deals with main sources of microplastics in individual environmental compartments, but also with methods of detection of microplastics and their applicability to analyse microplastics in wastewater from dishwashers. The main source of microplastics in household wastewater is synthetic textiles, which release fibres during washing, as well as personal care products and detergents containing primary microplastics. The amount of microplastics in dishwasher wastewater is low compared to the content of microplastics from the main sources and also microplastics are difficult to detect, so this issue has not been addressed.