Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/112779
Title: Micro and nanoplastics in the environment: Research priorities for the near future
Authors: Vighi, Marco
Bayo, Javier
Fernández Piñas, Francisca
Gago Doreste, Felipe Jesús 
Gomez, May 
Hernández Borges, Javier
Herrera Ulibarri, Alicia 
Landaburu, Junkal
Muniategui Lorenzo, Soledad
Román Muñoz, Antonio
Rico, Andreu
Romera Castillo, Cristina
Viñas, Lucía
Rosal, Roberto
UNESCO Clasification: 330801 Control de la contaminación atmosférica
330811 Control de la contaminación del agua
331210 Plásticos
Keywords: Additives
Environmental risk
Internalization
Microbial colonization
Microplastics, et al
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Springer 
Project: Enviroplanet e IMPLAMAC
Journal: Reviews of Enviromenmental Contamination and Toxicology
Abstract: Plastic litter dispersed in the different environmental compartments represents one of the most concerning problems associated with human activities. Specifically, plastic particles in the micro and nano size scale are ubiquitous and represent a threat to human health and the environment. In the last few decades, a huge amount of research has been devoted to evaluate several aspects of micro/nano-plastic contamination: origin and emissions, presence in different compartments, environmental fate, effects on human health and the environment, transfer in the food web and the role of associated chemicals and microorganisms. Nevertheless, despite the bulk of information produced, several knowledge gaps still exist. The objective of this paper is to highlight the most important of these knowledge gaps and to provide suggestions for the main research needs required to describe and understand the most controversial points to better orient the research efforts for the near future. Some of the major issues that need further efforts to improve our knowledge on the exposure, effects and risk of micro/nano-plastics are: harmonization of sampling procedures; development of more accurate, less expensive and less time-consuming analytical methods; assessment of degradation patterns and environmental fate of fragments; evaluating the capabilities for bioaccumulation and transfer to the food web; and evaluating the fate and the impact of chemicals and microorganisms associated with micro/nano-plastics. The major gaps in all sectors of our knowledge, from exposure to potentially harmful effects, refer to small size microplastics and, particularly, to the occurrence, fate and effects of nanoplastics.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/112779
ISBN: 978-3-030-88216-7
Source: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Continuation of Residue Reviews), vol 257
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