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Review of microplastic sources, transport pathways and correlations with other soil stressors: a journey from agricultural sites into the environment

Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Nicolas Bériot, Fabio Corradini, Vera Silva, Xiaomei Yang, Jantiene Baartman, Mahrooz Rezaei, Loes van Schaik, Michel Riksen, Violette Geissen

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture · 2022

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Summary

Abstract This paper explores different interactions and processes involved in the transport of microplastics from agricultural systems to surrounding environments. We conducted an exhaustive review of the most recent scientific papers on microplastic transport in terrestrial systems, with an emphasis on agricultural systems. In the following sections, several aspects of this problem are discussed, namely (i) direct and indirect sources of microplastics, (ii) biotic and abiotic transportation of microplastics in and from the terrestrial environment, (iii) modelling of microplastics in the terrestrial environment and (iv) facilitated chemicals and pathogens in combination with plastic particles. There is very little information available concerning microplastic transport in the terrestrial e

Subject
Pesticides, contaminants & food safety
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.1186/s40538-021-00278-9
Catalogue ID
SNmov5jdzl-4bugca
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