Qualitative and Quantitative Screening of Organic Pollutants Associated on Microplastics from Ofanto River (South Italy)

Claudia Campanale; Giuseppe Bagnuolo; Georg Dierkes; Carmine Massarelli; Vito Felice Uricchio

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_28

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Qualitative and Quantitative Screening of Organic Pollutants Associated on Microplastics from Ofanto River (South Italy)

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Claudia Campanale, Giuseppe Bagnuolo, Georg Dierkes, Carmine Massarelli, Vito Felice Uricchio

Summary

Researchers screened microplastics collected from Italy's Ofanto River for associated organic pollutants, finding that river microplastics carry a range of chemical contaminants and evaluating the resulting risk to aquatic ecosystems and human health through combined qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Study Type Environmental

A key concern of microplastic pollution is whether they represent a risk to ecosystems and human health. However, there is a lot of uncertainty associated with this issue. To evaluate the risk of microplastics to aquatic environments, data on the exposure and effect...

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