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The missing small microplastics: easily generated from weathered plastic pieces in labs but hardly detected in natural environments
Environmental Science Advances2023
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Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Huiwen Cai,
Huiwen Cai,
Beizhan Yan,
Huiwen Cai,
Lei Su,
Huiwen Cai,
Fangni Du,
Fangni Du,
Fangni Du,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Chengjun Sun
Lei Su,
Huiwen Cai,
Lei Su,
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Beizhan Yan,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Fangni Du,
Fangni Du,
Fangni Du,
Fangni Du,
Huiwen Cai,
Huiwen Cai,
Huiwen Cai,
Huiwen Cai,
Huiwen Cai,
Huiwen Cai,
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Fangni Du,
Wei Wang,
Lei Su,
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Wei Wang,
Lei Su,
Chengjun Sun
Fangni Du,
Huiwen Cai,
Huiwen Cai,
Wei Wang,
Lei Su,
Chengjun Sun
Beizhan Yan,
Beizhan Yan,
Fangni Du,
Huahong Shi,
Beizhan Yan,
Huahong Shi,
Huahong Shi,
Huahong Shi,
Fangni Du,
Fangni Du,
Huahong Shi,
Fangni Du,
Lei Su,
Wei Wang,
Huiwen Cai,
Liwu Zhang,
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Huiwen Cai,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Chengjun Sun
Lei Su,
Huahong Shi,
Lei Su,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Huiwen Cai,
Huahong Shi,
Chengjun Sun
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Beizhan Yan,
Beizhan Yan,
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Beizhan Yan,
Huahong Shi,
Lei Su,
Chengjun Sun
Beizhan Yan,
Fangni Du,
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Huiwen Cai,
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Liwu Zhang,
Lei Su,
Lei Su,
Beizhan Yan,
Lei Su,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Huahong Shi,
Huahong Shi,
Wei Wang,
Beizhan Yan,
Chengjun Sun
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Lei Su,
Wei Wang,
Liwu Zhang,
Wei Wang,
Chengjun Sun
Liwu Zhang,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Fangni Du,
Wei Wang,
Wei Wang,
Lei Su,
Wei Wang,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Liwu Zhang,
Chengjun Sun
Huahong Shi,
Huahong Shi,
Fangni Du,
Chengjun Sun
Summary
This paper reports that small microplastics and nanoplastics are easily generated in the laboratory from weathered plastic pieces but are rarely detected in field samples, attributing the discrepancy to the lack of suitable environmental detection methods rather than their absence in nature.
Plentiful small microplastics and nanoplastics can easily generate from weathered plastics, but few small microplastics and no nanoplatics could be detected in surrounding sediments, possibly due to a lack of suitable detection approach.