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A General Overview of Microplastics
Original title: Mi̇kroplasti̇kler’e Genel Bi̇r Bakiş
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Researchers provide a Turkish-language overview of microplastics as environmental pollutants, explaining their formation through anthropogenic fragmentation, their characterization via microscopy and FTIR spectroscopy, their persistence in water sources due to hydrophobic properties and ability to adsorb persistent organic pollutants, and their accumulation in aquatic food chains.
Mikroplastikler, boyu 5mm’den küçük olan plastik parçacıklarıdır. Günümüzde plastiklerin parçalanması neticesi oluşan mikroplastiklerin adının “kirletici” olarak bilinmesi pek de yaygın değildir. Özellikle renksiz, şeffaf veya mikro boyuta kadar parçalanmış olan plastikler su kaynaklarında görünmez çöpleri oluşturarak ciddi bir görünmez tehlike haline dönüşebilmektedir. Çevrede görünür büyüklükteki atıkları karakterize etmek ve sınıflandırmak kolay olsa da mikroplastikler için bu nispeten zordur. Mikroskop yardımıyla ve Fourier Dönüşümlü Infrared Spektrofotometre (FD-IS) ile ancak karakterize edilebilirler. Bir plastik, antropojenik faaliyetler ve çevresel olaylarla parçalanarak milyonlarca mikroplastik parçacıklarına dönüşebilmektedir. Plastiklerin, hidrofobik yüzey, yüzücülük, kirleticileri taşıma potansiyelleri, kalıcı organik kirletici (KOK)’leri absorplayabilmeleri, UV foto-oksidatif parçalanma vb. gibi özelliklerinden dolayı mikroplastikler su kaynaklarında büyük tehlike haline gelmiştir. Mikroplastikler, klasik atıksu arıtma tesislerinde tutulamayıp alıcı ortamlara kontrolsüzce tekrar deşarj edilmektedir. Bu yüzden mikroplastikler besin zincirinde önemli basamaklardaki, zooplankton, makro omurgasızlar, balıklar vs. gibi canlıların doku veya organlarında birikebilmektedir. Bu kirliliğin önüne geçmek ve su kaynaklarını korumak için çeşitli çalışma ve kontrollerin yapılması gerekmektedir
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