Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil.

By Jing-Jie Guo, Xian-Pei Huang, L. Xiang, Yi-Ze Wang, Yan-Wen Li, Hui Li, Q. Cai, C. Mo, M. Wong. Environment International, 2020

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Microplastics are emerging contaminants and their presence in water and soil ecosystems has recently drawn considerable attention because they pose a great threat to entire ecosystems. Recent researches have focused on the detection, occurrence, characterization, and toxicology of microplastics in marine and freshwater ecosystems; however, our understanding of the ecological effects of microplastics in soil ecosystems is still limited compared with that in aquatic ecosystems. Here, we have compiled literature, studying the sources, migration of microplastics in soil, negative impacts on soil health and function, trophic transfer in food chains, and the corresponding adverse effects on soil organisms in order to address the potential ecological and human health risks caused by microplastics in soil. This review aims to address gaps in knowledge, shed light on the ecological effects of microplastics in soil, and propose future studies on microplastic pollution and the resultant soil ecotoxicity. Furthermore, this review is focused on limiting microplastics in soil and establishing management and remediation measures to mitigate the risks posed by microplastic pollution.

Subfields: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Citations in the corpus

• Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions (2021, background): “Since MPs and NPs are already established to act as a vector and breach through any system (organisms) and even via trophic transfer (one trophic level to another via food chain), therefore, it can be hypothesized that MPs in the future can play a pivotal role in the spill over of infectious disease”
• Interactions between microplastics and soil fauna: A critical review (2021, background): “For example, soil MP contamination can cause adverse impacts on soil health and functioning, as well as the plant and soil community (Guo et al., 2020; Xu et al., 2020).”