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Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal

Fabio Corradini, Pablo Meza, Raúl Eguiluz, Francisco Casado, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Violette Geissen

The Science of The Total Environment · 2019

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Summary

. The majority of the observed microplastics were fibers (90% in sludge, and 97% in soil). Our results indicate that microplastic counts increase over time where successive sludge applications are performed. Microplastics observed in soil samples stress the relevance of sludge as a driver of soil microplastic contamination.

Subject
Pesticides, contaminants & food safety
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.368
Catalogue ID
SNmojxdafb-i9a7it
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