Fate, Transport and Effects of Microplastics on the Water Environment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water Quality and Contamination".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2022) | Viewed by 453
Special Issue Editors
Interests: source apportionment; indoor air quality; microplastics in the atmosphere
2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766, USA
Interests: water quality; toxicity; nanomaterials; fluid dynamics; transport of pollutants; adaptation of contaminants on microorganisms; structures corrosion
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Interests: environmental pollution: plastic pollution and drinking water treatment; occurrence, levels, sources and risk assessment; storm water management; fate and transport of organic contaminants and nano materials in the environment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scope of disccussion includes, but is not limited to, understanding the fate, transport and effects of microplastics. Every day, a greater concentration of microplastics is found, not only in water bodies, but also in different compartments such as air and sediments. This is due to the worldwide increase in plastic production to meet the demand for plastics that are used on a daily basis and the lack of robust recycling programs. At this point, it is relevant to understand several of the important environmental effects of microplastics on the humans and ecosystmems, in addition to developing recommendations, regulations and appropiate methodologies to identify and track microplastic concentrations. This issue will update the state-of-the-art and partially fill the knowledge gap regarding this emerging contaminant.
Dr. Saritha Karnae
Dr. Nelson M. Anaya
Dr. Varun K. Kasaraneni
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microplastics
- pollutants
- emerging contaminat
- fate and transport
- effects of microplastics
- plastic pollution
