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Characteristic of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city, China: preliminary research and first evidence

Cai, Liqi, Wang, Jundong, Peng, Jinping, Tan, Zhi, Zhan, Zhiwei, Tan, Xiangling, Chen, Qiuqiang·2017·Environmental Science and Pollution Research
DOI 10.1007/s11356-017-0116-x
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Microplastic pollution has exhibited a global distribution, including seas, lakes, rivers, and terrestrial environment in recent years. However, little attention was paid on the atmospheric environment, though the fact that plastic debris can escape as wind-blown debris was previously reported. Thus, characteristics of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city were preliminarily studied. Microplastics of three different polymers, i.e., PE, PP, and PS, were identified. Diverse shapes of microplastics including fiber, foam, fragment, and film were found, and fiber was the dominant shape of the microplastics. SEM images illustrated that adhering particles, grooves, pits, fractures, and flakes were the common patterns of degradation. The concentrations of non-fibrous microplastics and fibers ranged from 175 to 313 particles/m 2 /day in the atmospheric fallout. Thus, dust emission and deposition between atmosphere, land surface, and aquatic environment were associated with the transportation of microplastics.

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Authors
Cai, L., Wang, J., Peng, J., Tan, Z., Zhan, Z., Tan, X., & Chen, Q.
Venue
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-09-16
Volume
24
Issue
32
Pages
24928-24935
ISSN
  • 0944-1344
  • 1614-7499
DOI
10.1007/s11356-017-0116-x
Cited by
902
References
8
Language
en
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  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41676104)
  • Program of Science and Technology development of Dongguan City (No. 2016108101016)

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Cai, L., Wang, J., Peng, J., Tan, Z., Zhan, Z., Tan, X., & Chen, Q. (2017). Characteristic of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city, China: preliminary research and first evidence. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0116-x