Pubblicazione scientifica

Microplastic Pollution in Surface Water of Urban Lakes in Changsha, China

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità

RIASSUNTO

As emerging pollutants, microplastics have attracted the attention of scholars from all over the world. However, there is a lack of research on freshwater areas, even in densely populated urban areas. This study investigated eight urban lakes in Changsha, China. It was found that microplastic concentrations ranged from 2425 ± 247.5 items/m3 to 7050 ± 1060.66 items/m3 in the surface water of research areas and the maximum concentration was found in Yuejin Lake, a tourist spot in the center of the city. Anthropogenic factors are an important reason for microplastic abundance in urban lakes. The major shape of microplastics was linear and most of the microplastics were transparent. More than 89.5% of the microplastics had a size of less than 2 mm. Polypropylene was the dominant type in the studied waters. This study can provide a valuable reference for a better understanding of microplastic pollution in urban areas of China.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 01/05/2019

AUTORI

YIN LINGSHI
JIANG CHANGBO
WEN XIAOFENG
DU CHUNYAN
ZHONG WEI
FENG ZHIQIAO
LONG YUANNAN
MA YUAN

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

SCHOOL OF HYDRAULIC ENG CHANGSHA UNIV SCIENCE & TECH CHANGSHA 410114 CHINA YIN CSUST EDU CN LY CYDU CSUST EDU CN CD 1576541064 STU CSUST EDU CN WZ CRAZY STU CSUST EDU CN ZF LYNZHB CSUST EDU CN YL MAYUAN1026 GMAIL COM YM
KEY LAB
COLLEGE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENG HUNAN UNIV & KEY LAB OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY & POLLUTION CTRL HUNAN UNIV MINST EDUCATION CHANGSHA 410082 CHINA WENXF0105 HNU EDU CN

RIVISTA

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(9), 1650

IMPACT FACTOR

2,620

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