Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota.

By H. Leslie, S. Brandsma, Matthijs Velzen, A. Vethaak. Environment International, 2017

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Citations in the corpus

• Occurrence of microplastics in raw and treated drinking water. (2018, methodology): “10 μm–5 mm) ranged from 48 to 187 particles per litre in Amsterdam canal water (Leslie et al., 2017).”
• Assessment of microplastics in freshwater systems: A review. (2019, neutral): “…et al., 2017; Aytan et al., 2016; Baldwin, et al., 2016; Ballent et al., 2016; Burns and Boxall, 2018; Cincinelli et al., 2017; Gewert et al., 2017; Leslie et al., 2017; Peng et al., 2018; Lei Su et al., 2018; L. Su et al., 2016; Sutton et al., 2016; Wang, et al., 2018; Wang, et al., 2017b; K.…”
• Microplastics in bivalves and their habitat in relation to shellfish aquaculture proximity in coastal British Columbia, Canada (2019, background): “Other studies have reported averages for the same species of 30 and 87 MPs g−1 dry weight from 2 locations on the Dutch coast (Leslie et al. 2017), 2.1 MPs oyster−1 on the French Atlantic coast (Phuong et al. 2018), and 0.6 MPs oyster−1 on the US.”
• Wear and Tear of Tyres: A Stealthy Source of Microplastics in the Environment (2017, background): “Leslie and colleagues [65] measured the efficiency of WWTPs in The Netherlands.”
• Occurrence, identification and removal of microplastic particles and fibers in conventional activated sludge process and advanced MBR technology. (2018, background): “…MPs concentrations in WWTP effluents have varied between 0 and 91MP/L (Table 3) (Browne et al., 2011; Carr et al., 2016; Dyachenko et al., 2017; Leslie et al., 2017; Magnusson and Nor en, 2014; Mason et al., 2016; Michielssen et al., 2016; Mintenig et al., 2017; Murphy et al., 2016; Talvitie…”
• Interactions between microplastics and soil fauna: A critical review (2021, background): “A study of seven wastewater treatment plants in the Netherlands found the average concentration of MPs (particle sizes 10 lm–5mm) in raw sewage influents, effluents, and sewage sludge were 68 910 L 1, 51 81 L 1 and 510 760 kg 1 wet weight, respectively (Leslie et al., 2017).”