Nano-plastics in the aquatic environment.
Mattsson, Karin LU ; Hansson, Lars-Anders LU
and Cedervall, Tommy
LU
(2015)
In Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
17(10).
p.1712-1721
- Abstract
- The amount of plastics released to the environment in modern days has increased substantially since the development of modern plastics in the early 1900s. As a result, concerns have been raised by the public about the impact of plastics on nature and on, specifically, aquatic wildlife. Lately, much attention has been paid to macro- and micro-sized plastics and their impact on aquatic organisms. However, micro-sized plastics degrade subsequently into nano-sizes whereas nano-sized particles may be released directly into nature. Such particles have a different impact on aquatic organisms than larger pieces of plastic due to their small size, high surface curvature, and large surface area. This review describes the possible sources of... (More)
- The amount of plastics released to the environment in modern days has increased substantially since the development of modern plastics in the early 1900s. As a result, concerns have been raised by the public about the impact of plastics on nature and on, specifically, aquatic wildlife. Lately, much attention has been paid to macro- and micro-sized plastics and their impact on aquatic organisms. However, micro-sized plastics degrade subsequently into nano-sizes whereas nano-sized particles may be released directly into nature. Such particles have a different impact on aquatic organisms than larger pieces of plastic due to their small size, high surface curvature, and large surface area. This review describes the possible sources of nano-sized plastic, its distribution and behavior in nature, the impact of nano-sized plastic on the well-being of aquatic organisms, and the difference of impact between nano- and micro-sized particles. We also identify research areas which urgently need more attention and suggest experimental methods to obtain useful data. (Less)
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- author
- Mattsson, Karin
LU
; Hansson, Lars-Anders
LU
and Cedervall, Tommy
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 10
- pages
- 1712 - 1721
- publisher
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- external identifiers
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- pmid:26337600
- wos:000362429000002
- scopus:84943595615
- pmid:26337600
- ISSN
- 2050-7895
- DOI
- 10.1039/c5em00227c
- language
- English
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- yes
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