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Microplastic pollution in water and sediment in a textile industrial area
Environmental Pollution2019
329 citations
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Wenya Luo,
Lingling Hu,
Wenya Luo,
Bowen Li,
Yanan Di,
Ren Wei,
Yanan Di,
Lingling Hu,
Ren Wei,
Bowen Li,
Huahong Shi
Lingling Hu,
Lingling Hu,
Lingling Hu,
Huahong Shi
Hua Deng,
Hua Deng,
Hua Deng,
Hua Deng,
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Huahong Shi
Lingling Hu,
Lingling Hu,
Hua Deng,
Lingling Hu,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Hua Deng,
Hua Deng,
Huahong Shi
Ren Wei,
Ren Wei,
Lingling Hu,
Lingling Hu,
Lingling Hu,
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Huahong Shi
Bowen Li,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Hua Deng,
Huahong Shi
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Huahong Shi
Ren Wei,
Ren Wei,
Huahong Shi
Lingling Hu,
Wenya Luo,
Wenya Luo,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Hua Deng,
Hua Deng,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Bowen Li,
Lingling Hu,
Lingling Hu,
Yanan Di,
Ren Wei,
Ren Wei,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Bowen Li,
Huahong Shi
Ren Wei,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Yanan Di,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Yanan Di,
Lingling Hu,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Bowen Li,
Lingling Hu,
Ren Wei,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Lingling Hu,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Yanan Di,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Ren Wei,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Hua Deng,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Yanan Di,
Yanan Di,
Huahong Shi
Ren Wei,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Lingling Hu,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Yanan Di,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Yanan Di,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Lingling Hu,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Bowen Li,
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Huahong Shi
Summary
Researchers investigated microplastic pollution in water and sediment samples from a textile industrial area in Shaoxing, China. They found high levels of contamination, with polyester fibers dominating both water and sediment samples at up to 95% of all plastics detected. The findings directly link the local textile manufacturing and trading activities to the elevated microplastic pollution in nearby freshwater environments.
Study Type
Environmental
Microplastics pollution in the environment is closely determined by the surrounding industrial and human activities. In present study, we investigated microplastics in water and sediment samples collected from a textile industrial area in Shaoxing city, China. The abundance of microplastics varied from 2.1 to 71.0 items/L in surface water samples, and from 16.7 to 1323.3 items/kg (dw) in sediment samples. The polymer type was dominated by polyester both in water (95%) and sediment (79%) samples. The majority of the detected microplastics was predominantly colored fibers smaller than 1 mm in diameter. The high level of microplastic pollution detected in local freshwater and sediment environments was attributed to the production and trading activities of textile industries, for which severe regulations should be envisaged in the future to effectively reduce the local microplastic pollution.