土壤微塑料污染及生态环境效应研究进展

微塑料作为一种新的污染物,具有粒径小、疏水性强、性质稳定、可以吸附多种污染物等特点,近年来受到了广泛的关注.目前关于微塑料的研究主要集中在水环境中,土壤环境中的微塑料研究相对滞后.土壤与人类生活息息相关,但土壤微塑料污染的现状却不容乐观,土壤微塑料的环境效应需要重视.本文综述了土壤微塑料的来源、分离和鉴定方法、微塑料在...     

微塑料在食品中的来源及其检测技术研究进展

为促进食品中微塑料的治理,该文从食品中微塑料的来源、提取和分析方法等方面展开了系统综述,并针对食品中微塑料的规范分析提出了相关建议。研究表明从食品原料到生产加工过程及食品包装材料,都可能成为食品中微塑料污染的潜在来源。消解法是食品中微塑料提取的主要方法。目前,对食品中微塑料进行鉴别以及定量的主流方法有目检法、傅里叶变换－红外光谱、拉曼光谱、扫描电子显微镜、热裂解/气相色谱－质谱联用法等。今后,建议开展食品中微塑料检测的标准方法研究,开发纳米级微塑料的光谱鉴别和定量技术。同时,面对食品中越来越严重的微塑料污染情况,应加强微塑料在食品生产过程中的溯源分析和控制技术研究,加快新型材料的开发速度。     

土壤中微塑料检测技术及生态效应研究进展

微塑料(MPs)指长度或宽度小于5 mm的塑料颗粒.作为一种新兴污染物,其因粒径小、性质稳定、难降解,已成为地球系统功能的重大威胁之一.目前,水体环境中微塑料污染已得到广泛研究,而土壤中微塑料污染研究刚刚起步.本文对国内外土壤中微塑料污染现状、分离检测方法及生态风险进行综述,对未来土壤中微塑料研究提出展望.土壤中微塑料分离方法主要包括筛分法、密度分离法、泡沫浮选法等.微塑料的鉴别及表征方法包括显微镜观察法、傅里叶红外光谱法、拉曼光谱法等.这些方法存在耗时长、破坏微塑料结构等问题,将各方法适当结合或改进有望弥补不足.土壤微塑料的生态影响主要体现在动物的生长、发育、繁殖,植物的光合作用、氧化应激、生长存活以及微生物多样性等方面.今后研究重点为:(1)规范微塑料分离鉴别方法;(2)明确微塑料污染的剂量-效应关系;(3)土壤微塑料降解及其与其他污染物协同作用造成的土壤生态影响.     

基于显微光谱法的双壳类海洋生物中微塑料的检测方法研究

建立准确、高效的微塑料分析方法是研究微塑料在环境中的迁移、转化、归趋和生态毒理效应的前提。该研究系统优化了4种消解条件和滤膜种类,建立了用显微红外和拉曼光谱检测海产品中微塑料的方法,确定使用氢氧化钾在40 ℃下消解36 h,并用混合纤维素滤膜过滤的前处理方法。结果显示,大颗粒微塑料可使用显微红外全反射（ATR）、成像模式和显微拉曼单点检测模式进行检测,小颗粒微塑料可使用显微拉曼单点检测模式或显微拉曼和显微红外的成像模式进行检测。该文通过分析典型双壳类海洋生物中的微塑料,系统研究了检测微塑料的光谱方法。     

水环境中胞内外抗生素抗性基因分析的DNA提取方法及污染现状研究进展

新型污染物抗生素抗性基因(Antibiotic resistance genes,ARGs)对公共健康产生了严重威胁,其在水环境中的长期存在和传播引起了广泛重视。胞内与胞外ARGs在水环境中的分布规律和环境行为差异明显,对其污染状况进行研究有助于全面了解水环境中ARGs的传播特性。该文总结了5种常见水样微生物DNA提取方法及其在胞内和胞外ARGs检测研究中的应用状况,比较了污水系统、淡水系统及海水系统等典型水环境中胞内和胞外ARGs的污染状况和迁移传播特性。为进一步探究水环境中ARGs的分布特征与传播机制提供了技术手段及污染现状等基础信息,对控制ARGs在水环境中的传播扩散具有重要意义。     

微塑料:生物效应、分析和降解方法综述

微塑料(MPs)的出现引起了全球的广泛关注,它们遍布海洋和陆地的各个环境介质中,造成了严重的环境污染。微塑料通常被定义为粒径小于5 mm的塑料纤维、颗粒或者薄膜,可被生物吸收积累,产生生态风险和健康风险。实际上很多微塑料可达微米乃至纳米级别,肉眼是不可见的,因此也被形象地比作海洋中的“PM2.5”。作为目前学术界和社会各界争论的热点问题,本篇综述旨在系统地介绍环境中微塑料的来源与分布、生物效应以及分析鉴定方法,并重点介绍了微塑料污染的降解策略和研究成果,为今后微塑料降解方法的研究提供了参考。     

环境样品中微塑料分析技术研究进展

微塑料一般是指直径小于5 mm的塑料纤维、碎片或颗粒。环境中的微塑料来源广泛,性质稳定,是疏水性有机污染物和重金属的理想载体。微塑料易被浮游生物、鱼类及低等生物误食,并在食物网各营养级之间发生转移和富集,对食品安全存在潜在风险。开展微塑料分析技术研究是研究微塑料在环境中的分布、迁移、转化、归趋和生态毒理效应的基础。该文综述了国内外环境样品中微塑料的采集、分离提取、定性鉴别技术的研究进展,并探讨了各方法的优缺点。最后针对现阶段微塑料分析方法存在的问题和不足,展望了环境中微塑料分析技术的发展趋势。     

微塑料介导重金属在陆生植物中迁移及生物效应的影响

随着地膜在现代化农业中的广泛应用,微塑料在土壤中的残留问题日益严重。环境中释放的微塑料可能会与先前存在的重金属相互作用,导致生物效应(生物积累/毒性),并对人类健康和农产品安全构成威胁。目前,大多数研究集中于单一影响因素在土壤系统中的暴露和转化分析,有关微塑料和共存金属对环境联合影响的相当有限。本文综述了微塑料与重金属来源、相互作用机理与影响因素的研究现状,阐述了陆生植物对二者联合污染的生理响应。此外,未来的研究还应重点探讨微塑料与重金属共同在植物上暴露的具体分子机制、通过食物链对人类健康的影响、与其他混合污染物联合作用及微塑料老化过程对重金属迁移动态变化过程的影响。     

聚氯乙烯微塑料对典型单羟基菲的吸附机制

为丰富微塑料与有机污染物间的相互作用机制相关数据,以3-羟基菲(3-OHP,C14 H10 O)为菲单羟基衍生物代表污染物,聚氯乙烯(PVC)微塑料为研究对象,研究了PVC微塑料在水环境中对3-OHP的吸附行为,并就相关吸附机制进行了深入探讨.该研究借助扫描电镜(SEM)、X射线衍射仪(XRD)、傅里叶红外光谱(FT-...     

土壤样品中微塑料的分析方法研究进展

微塑料作为一种新型污染物,因其粒径小、难以降解、本身含有多种污染物、且易吸附疏水性有机污染物和重金属等产生复合污染,已成为国内外学者研究的热点问题。微塑料广泛存在于土壤环境中,进入土壤中的微塑料会影响土壤理化性质,同时影响土壤动物生长、植物生长和微生物活动等,并且,微塑料会在土壤中发生迁移或沿食物链传递从而对人类健康构成潜在风险。高效、统一、准确的微塑料分析方法是研究微塑料在土壤中分布、迁移、归趋和生态风险的基础。本文对近年来土壤中微塑料的采集、分离提取、鉴定量化和分析方法的质量保证等方面的研究进展进行了评述,比较了各个方法的优缺点及应用范围。最后,结合国内外微塑料污染最新研究进展,针对目前土壤微塑料分析方法存在的问题,对今后土壤微塑料分析技术的发展趋势进行了展望。     

Metal-Organic Framework-based Wood Aerogel for Effective Removal of Micro/Nano Plastics

The large amount of microplastic pollution in the aquatic environment has been regarded as a major challenge facing the world. Although some traditional water treatment processes can effectively remove microplastics in the millimeter range, research is still needed to solve the problem of removing smaller microplastics. Here, we made a durable zinc metal-organic framework-based composite material ZIF-8@Aerogel by in situ growing ZIF-8 on wood aerogel fibers, which can successfully remove microplastics in simulated water and seawater. The removal efficiencies on micro/nano plastics including poly(1,1-difluoroethylene)(60-110 nm) and polystyrene(90-140 nm) reached 91.4% and 85.8%, respectively. This work is expected to provide a new and efficient way to remove small-sized microplastic particles in the environment.     

How well-protected are protected areas from anthropogenic microplastic contamination? Review of analytical methods,current trends,and prospects

Microplastics have sparked global concern due to their negative effects on organisms' health and the environment. Microplastics research in protected areas (marine and freshwater) has recently gained prominence and is expected to grow in the coming years. This review of 36 published studies examines current progress and identifies future research challenges. It begins with an overview of microplastic evaluation methodologies, followed by a discussion of recent advances in the abundance of microplastics in water, sediment, biota, wet and dry deposition, and particulate matter. Current quality assurance and control measures are also summarized. The majority of studies (44 %) examined sediment samples. In biota, the gastrointestinal system was the most evaluated for microplastics. Digestion (using H₂O₂ and KOH) and density separation (using NaCl) are the most common microplastic extraction methods. We found that microplastic contamination is pervasive in all the surveyed protected areas, with varying levels of abundance geographically, and over 50 % of the biota ingest microplastics. The methodological discrepancies amongst the investigations, from sampling to microplastics characterization, make it difficult to compare the results and generate baseline data on microplastic contamination levels. Close monitoring and a standardized approach are thus required to determine the extent to which microplastics might enter and persist in protected area environments, as well as to devise effective mitigating strategies.     

Current trends and analytical methods for evaluation of microplastics in stormwater

Stormwater runoff is an important source of microplastics (plastic particles <5 mm) into the aquatic environment and studies documenting the microplastics abundance and their characteristics are constantly expanding. The lack of standardized methods as well as the development of many analytical techniques to evaluate microplastics greatly influence reported results and calls for a better understanding of approaches adopted by microplastic studies in stormwater. Hence, this paper aims to systematically review currently employed methods for sampling, isolating and identifying microplastics and to summarize the data on the abundance of microplastics in the samples of water, sediment and biota collected from stormwater, stormwater catchment areas and stormwater discharging sites. There were significant methodological variations between the studies throughout the experimental procedures and different techniques including, sieving, digestion (chemical and enzyme), density separation and filtration were reported for microplastics extraction from sample matrix. A combination of visual sorting and spectroscopic approaches such as infrared and Raman was adopted to identify and study microplastic characteristics such as shape, size, color and polymer. The microplastic abundance in each sample matrix was different with relatively high concentrations of smaller size particles (10−500 μm), majorly fibrous shaped (51 %) and polymers of polypropylene (27 %) and polyethylene (26 %). Finally, we conclude by identifying analytical challenges and suggesting appropriate methods that can be implemented to enable effective monitoring and comparison of microplastic contamination in stormwater.     

Organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics: Analytical methodologies and occurrence in oceans

The massive use of plastics in several products has generated microplastic debris worldwide. Besides their negative effect on marine organisms by ingestion, microplastics are a contamination vector due to their capacity to transport organic pollutants around our planet. To evaluate the magnitude of this issue, it is necessary to know what kinds of contaminants are adsorbed on microplastics, as well as their concentrations. In order to assess the adsorption and desorption of pollutants from microplastics, effective and reliable extraction procedures are required. In this overview, literature reports, in which extraction, separation and determination methods have been applied to analyse the organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics, are revised and discussed. Furthermore, the worldwide occurrence of organic compounds found on microplastics in oceans is reviewed and the results obtained from different geographical areas and their global distribution trends are compared. Priority organic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hexachlorocyclohexanes, polychlorinated benzenes, perfluoroalkyl substances or bisphenol analogues, have been widely found on microplastic samples. Future research that focuses on different kinds of emerging pollutants is required.     

Methods for the extraction of microplastics in complex solid,water and biota samples

The widespread distribution of plastics, their persistence and ability to act as a vector of toxic chemicals has rendered them concerning emergent pollutants. The quantification of these contaminants is highly relevant for the evaluation of anthropogenic impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and dependent of the efficacy of methods to separate microplastics from environmental matrices. Little information is available about the microplastic extraction methods on complex samples – i.e. samples with multiple types of matrices. Herein, methods for the separation of microplastics from complex samples are summarized and discussed based on their advantages and drawbacks focused on a comparative analysis of their efficiency on organic matter removal, polymer recovery and preservation of plastic integrity. The efficiency on microplastic recovery and organic matter reduction, as well as the examination of the effects of treatments on plastics are closely linked to the density and digestion approaches selected, the polymer features and the environmental matrix analyzed. High-density salt solutions are more effective for density separation, while oxidative methods have recurrently shown better rates of organic matter reduction (particularly in vegetal-rich samples) and plastic recovery, with little impact on plastics, while 10 % KOH has been described as highly efficient in samples containing animal organic matter. This comparative analysis highlights the benefits and limitations of different approaches for the analysis of microplastics in complex samples which may be helpful for the optimization and harmonization of the methods.     

Organic Hollow Mesoporous Silica as a Promising Sandalwood Essential Oil Carrier

As film-forming agents, fillers and adsorbents, microplastics are often added to daily personal care products. Because of their chemical stability, they remain in the environment for thousands of years, endangering the safety of the environment and human health. Therefore, it is urgent to find an environmentally friendly substitute for microplastics. Using n-octyltrimethoxysilane (OTMS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) as silicon sources, a novel, environmentally friendly, organic hollow mesoporous silica system is designed with a high loading capacity and excellent adsorption characteristics in this work. In our methodology, sandalwood essential oil (SEO) was successfully loaded into the nanoparticle cavities, and was involved in the formation of Pickering emulsion as well, with a content of up to 40% (w/w). The developed system was a stable carrier for the dispersion of SEO in water. This system can not only overcome the shortcomings of poor water solubility and volatility of sandalwood essential oil, but also act as a microplastic substitute with broad prospects in the cosmetics and personal care industry, laying a foundation for the preparation and applications of high loading capacity microcapsules in aqueous media.