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ClearRevealing FutureAquatic Environmental Challenges:Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of EndocrineDisruptors on Microplastics
Researchers implemented an inquiry-based laboratory module for preservice chemistry teachers to investigate the adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pharmaceuticals onto microplastic particles, exploring the dual contamination risks of microplastics and pharmaceuticals that co-persist in aquatic ecosystems beyond the removal capacity of conventional wastewater treatment.
Revealing FutureAquatic Environmental Challenges:Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of EndocrineDisruptors on Microplastics
Researchers implemented an inquiry-based laboratory module for preservice chemistry teachers to investigate the adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pharmaceuticals onto microplastic particles, exploring the dual contamination risks of microplastics and pharmaceuticals that co-persist in aquatic ecosystems beyond the removal capacity of conventional wastewater treatment.
Revealing FutureAquatic Environmental Challenges:Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of EndocrineDisruptors on Microplastics
Researchers implemented an inquiry-based laboratory module for preservice chemistry teachers to investigate the adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pharmaceuticals onto microplastic particles, exploring the dual contamination risks of microplastics and pharmaceuticals that co-persist in aquatic ecosystems beyond the removal capacity of conventional wastewater treatment.
Revealing FutureAquatic Environmental Challenges:Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of EndocrineDisruptors on Microplastics
Researchers implemented an inquiry-based laboratory module for preservice chemistry teachers to investigate the adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pharmaceuticals onto microplastic particles, exploring the dual contamination risks of microplastics and pharmaceuticals that co-persist in aquatic ecosystems beyond the removal capacity of conventional wastewater treatment.
Revealing FutureAquatic Environmental Challenges:Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of EndocrineDisruptors on Microplastics
Researchers implemented an inquiry-based laboratory module for preservice chemistry teachers to investigate the adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pharmaceuticals onto microplastic particles, exploring the dual contamination risks of microplastics and pharmaceuticals that co-persist in aquatic ecosystems beyond the removal capacity of conventional wastewater treatment.
Revealing FutureAquatic Environmental Challenges:Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of EndocrineDisruptors on Microplastics
Researchers implemented an inquiry-based laboratory module for preservice chemistry teachers to investigate the adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pharmaceuticals onto microplastic particles, exploring the dual contamination risks of microplastics and pharmaceuticals that co-persist in aquatic ecosystems beyond the removal capacity of conventional wastewater treatment.
Revealing FutureAquatic Environmental Challenges:Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of EndocrineDisruptors on Microplastics
Researchers implemented an inquiry-based laboratory module for preservice chemistry teachers to investigate the adsorption of endocrine-disrupting pharmaceuticals onto microplastic particles, exploring the dual contamination risks of microplastics and pharmaceuticals that co-persist in aquatic ecosystems beyond the removal capacity of conventional wastewater treatment.
Revealing Future Aquatic Environmental Challenges: Preservice Chemistry Teachers’ Study on Adsorption of Endocrine Disruptors on Microplastics
Chemistry education students ran laboratory experiments in which they measured how well microplastics — polyethylene, polystyrene, PET, and PBAT — adsorb two pharmaceuticals commonly found in wastewater: the hormone drospirenone and the anti-inflammatory diclofenac. PBAT microplastics showed the strongest adsorption capacity for both drugs, and diclofenac bound more strongly to all microplastic types than drospirenone. The study was primarily designed as a teaching module, but its data add to the evidence that microplastics can act as carriers for pharmaceutical pollutants in water. Students' environmental awareness also measurably increased through the hands-on inquiry process.
Contaminants Adsorption on Microplastics as a Final Degree Project
This conference paper describes a student project on measuring contaminant adsorption onto microplastics as a final degree exercise, introducing students to analytical chemistry methods for studying microplastic-pollutant interactions. Hands-on education about microplastics helps train the next generation of researchers to address this global environmental challenge.
Sorption of alkylphenols and estrogens on microplastics in marine conditions
Researchers investigated the sorption of six endocrine-disrupting chemicals — including alkylphenols and estrogens — onto microplastics under marine conditions, supporting the hypothesis that microplastics act as a secondary contamination vector for aquatic organisms by concentrating pollutants.
Fate and effects of microplastics in combination with pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in freshwaters: Insights from a microcosm experiment
Researchers conducted a microcosm experiment exposing moss and caddisflies to microplastics combined with pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors, finding that microplastics can alter the fate and biological effects of co-occurring chemical contaminants in freshwater ecosystems.
Mechanistic insights into the adsorption of endocrine disruptors onto polystyrene microplastics in water
Researchers studied the mechanisms by which polystyrene microplastics adsorb endocrine-disrupting compounds from aquatic environments, finding that hydrophobic interactions and surface chemistry govern the binding. The results clarify how microplastics act as vectors for co-transporting endocrine disruptors through aquatic ecosystems.
Potential Adsorption Affinity of Estrogens on LDPE and PET Microplastics Exposed to Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents
Researchers investigated whether LDPE and PET microplastics recovered from wastewater treatment plant effluents can adsorb estrogen compounds, finding that these common plastic types bind endocrine-disrupting estrogens and may transport them through aquatic ecosystems.
Mini Review on Recent Advances of the Adsorption Mechanism Between Microplastics and Emerging Contaminants for Conservation of Water
This mini-review examines the adsorption mechanisms between microplastics and emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, highlighting how physicochemical properties like hydrophobicity and pH influence pollutant uptake onto different polymer types. The review synthesizes recent advances relevant to understanding how microplastics act as vectors for pharmaceutical contaminants in aquatic environments.
Mikroplastika Kao Adsorbens Opasnih Materija
This paper reviews how microplastics act as effective adsorbents for toxic substances including persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, and pharmaceuticals in freshwater, marine, and urban environments. The ability of microplastics to concentrate and transport hazardous chemicals amplifies their potential harm to ecosystems and human health.
Mechanistic Insights into PFAS Adsorption on Microplastics: Effects of Contaminant Properties and Water Chemistry
Researchers investigated how two widely detected PFAS compounds, PFOS and PFOA, adsorb onto five common types of microplastics in aquatic environments. The study found that contaminant properties and water chemistry significantly influence adsorption behavior, confirming that microplastics can serve as carriers for PFAS transport in waterways.
Sorption of selected pharmaceutical compounds on polyethylene microplastics: Roles of pH, aging, and competitive sorption
Researchers found that polyethylene microplastics adsorb pharmaceutical compounds including an antibiotic, a beta-blocker, and an antidepressant, with sorption capacity influenced by pH, aging of the plastic, and competition between compounds — raising concern about microplastics as carriers of pharmaceuticals in aquatic environments.
Sorption of endocrine disrupting compounds onto polyamide microplastics under different environmental conditions: Behaviour and mechanism
Polyamide microplastics sorbed the synthetic estrogens EE2, E2, and estriol with affinity influenced by pH, ionic strength, and temperature, with sorption capacity decreasing under alkaline conditions that mimic some aquatic environments, suggesting that water chemistry governs how effectively polyamide MPs concentrate endocrine-disrupting compounds.
Detecting Microplastics in Soil and Sediment in an Undergraduate Environmental Chemistry Laboratory Experiment That Promotes Skill Building and Encourages Environmental Awareness
Researchers developed an undergraduate environmental chemistry laboratory experiment for detecting microplastics in soil and sediment using research-based methods, demonstrating that the exercise effectively builds analytical skills while increasing students' awareness of microplastic pollution and its environmental prevalence.
Mechanisms of Sorption of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products to Microplastics
This thesis investigated how pharmaceutical and personal care product chemicals sorb onto high-density polyethylene microplastic fragments, and how this affects the combined toxicity to aquatic organisms. Microplastics can carry drug compounds and personal care chemicals from wastewater into aquatic environments, concentrating pollutant exposure for marine organisms.
Pharmaceuticals and micro(nano)plastics in the environment: Sorption and analytical challenges
This review examines how pharmaceutical residues and micro- and nanoplastics interact in water environments, finding that microplastics can adsorb medications and alter their environmental behavior. Factors like plastic type, surface area, and biological film growth all influence these interactions, but very few studies have been conducted under real-world conditions. The authors highlight persistent analytical challenges and the need for field-based research to understand actual risks.
Interaction between Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals Depending on the Composition of Aquatic Environment
This review examines how aquatic environmental conditions — including dissolved organic matter, salinity, pH, and temperature — influence the adsorption and desorption of pharmaceuticals onto microplastic surfaces, showing that water composition significantly affects the extent to which microplastics act as vectors for drug contaminants.