污水处理厂是表面水和土壤中微塑料的来源吗?
Haoyu Wei1, Jian Wang2, Suyi Pan1
1Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agri-environment in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A & F University, Yangling 712100, China.
Journal of hazardous materials
|July 30, 2023
概括
污水处理厂将微塑料释放到河流中,但不会显著地进入土壤. 农业薄膜磨损是土壤微塑料的主要来源,影响环境污染评估.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 环境化学环境化学
- 生态毒理学 生态毒理学
背景情况:
- 微塑料 (MP) 在废水处理厂 (WWTP) 和自然环境中普遍存在.
- 在WWTP和环境组的MP之间确切的关系仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查WWTP,地表水和土壤中MPs的发生情况.
- 在这些媒体中建立MPs污染之间的关系.
- 为了确定MPs污染的来源和途径.
主要方法:
- 在废水,污泥,废水,地表水和土壤中的微塑料的量化和表征.
- 分析MP的大小,类型 (例如聚乙烯) 和形状 (例如薄膜,纤维,碎片).
主要成果:
- 实际上,WWTP有效地清除了58.2%的国会议员,但废水仍然是河流的重要来源.
- 与废水相比,泥对土壤PM污染的贡献较小.
- 聚乙烯 (PE) 是所有样本中占主导地位的MP类型.
- 废水和河流中的MP主要是薄膜状,而污泥有更多的纤维,土壤有更多的碎片.
- 主导的MP尺寸范围为0-200μm.
结论:
- 水排水和地表排水是河流MP污染的主要原因.
- 农业薄膜磨损是土壤中MP的主要来源.
- 了解MP在WWTP和环境中的分布,有助于追踪来源和评估生态风险.
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