Micro- and nanoplastics in soil ecosystems: Analytical methods, fate, and effects

Yu Wang; Leilei Xiang; Wulf Amelung; Martin Elsner; Jay Gan; Stephan Kueppers; Laforsch Christian; Xin Jiang; Joseph Adu-Gyamfi; Lee Heng; Yong Sik Ok; Natalia P. Ivleva; Yongming Luo; Damià Barceló; Andreas Schäffer; Fang Wang

doi:10.1016/j.trac.2023.117309

Micro- and nanoplastics in soil ecosystems: Analytical methods, fate, and effects

Yu Wang, Leilei Xiang, Wulf Amelung, Martin Elsner, Jay Gan, Stephan Kueppers, Laforsch Christian, Xin Jiang, Joseph Adu-Gyamfi, Lee Heng, Yong Sik Ok, Natalia P. Ivleva, Yongming Luo, Damià Barceló, Andreas Schäffer, Fang Wang

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Abstract

As emerging contaminants, microplastics and nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) are increasingly widespread in soil environment. The present paper reviews available analytical methods for detecting MPs/NPs in soil and plants, and examines the migration processes of MPs/NPs at multiple interfaces as well as the potential toxic effects of MPs/NPs. Without standard methods to trace MPs/NPs in different environmental compartments, indoor simulation experiments were mainly adopted in previous studies, differing greatly from MPs/NPs in actual environments. Therefore, we propose that new research should particularly 1) focus on realistic environmental concentrations and surrogates that mimic types, shapes, and sizes of MPs/NPs in natural environments; 2) develop novel methods to improve our understanding of multi-interface migration and transformation of MPs/NPs in the soil-plant system; and 3) advance towards an in-depth assessment of potential toxic effects of MPs/NPs on soil organisms to provide a scientific basis for the effective control of MPs/NPs pollution.

Original language	English
Article number	117309
Journal	TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry
Volume	169
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2023.117309
State	Published - 1 Dec 2023

Keywords

Ecological risk
Plant
Plastic pollution
Plastics
Soil health
Soil organisms

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Wang, Y., Xiang, L., Amelung, W., Elsner, M., Gan, J., Kueppers, S., Christian, L., Jiang, X., Adu-Gyamfi, J., Heng, L., Ok, Y. S., Ivleva, N. P., Luo, Y., Barceló, D., Schäffer, A., & Wang, F. (2023). Micro- and nanoplastics in soil ecosystems: Analytical methods, fate, and effects. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 169, Article 117309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2023.117309

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