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PlastiSol investigates the behavior of micro and nanoplastics in soils, exploring their transport, effects on soil microbiomes, and impact on ecosystems. The project aims to enhance understanding of plastic pollution in soil and its implications for food and water security.
There is little doubt that micro and nanoplastics (MnP) are in our soils across the globe.
Numerous studies including my own have found that atmospheric deposition alone is enough to pollute even our most pristine remote areas.
What is unknown is what happens to it once it is there.
Is it transported by runoff or pushed deeper into the soil?
What is the effect of the chemicals leached from MnP on soil microbiome, air and receiving river ecosystems?
Many of these (e.g. flame retardants) are ‘fore…
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
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New Zealand, Christchurch
Type: University / higher education
Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
SME: No
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