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Review and analysis of atrazine adsorption on different microplastics in aqueous solution.
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This review analyzed atrazine adsorption onto different microplastic types in aqueous solution, examining how varying environmental conditions and physicochemical properties of PE and other MP matrices govern the sorption and transport of this ubiquitous herbicide when MPs serve as contaminant vectors in aquatic systems.
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in all kinds of water matrices. The different properties of MPs facilitate their role as carriers of emerging contaminants like pesticides, pharmaceuticals, PFAS and surfactants. Hydrophobic pesticides have a high tendency to be adsorbed on non-polar substances such as MPs. The widespread use of atrazine has caused it to be omnipresent in the environment, leading to their concurrent presence with MPs. The partitioning and fate of atrazine sorbed MPs are governed by various environmental conditions and physicochemical characteristics of different matrices. The interaction of MPs with pesticides enables MPs to serve as vectors for the transport of pesticides in aquatic media. In this work, the sorption of atrazine on polyethylene MPs was investigated in batch adsorption studies. The characterization of MPs was conducted using FTIR, SEM and XRD. By examining the characteristics of MPs and atrazine, an adsorption mechanism is proposed. The sorption of atrazine on PS was mainly governed by van der Waals forces and pore-filling mechanism. The effect of contact time on the adsorption of ATZ on PS was examined. Contact time was used to compare the results of different experiments as it is necessary to establish an equilibrium time that can be used in all the experiments. It was found that the pseudo-second order model was a better fit than pseudo first order-model based on the highest R2 values obtained. Finally, the effects of salinity and pH were also measured and found to be relatively limited. The results of this study prove that MPs can act as carriers of pesticides like atrazine in aqueous medium.
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