Evaluation of levels and sources of microplastics and phthalic acid esters and their relationships in the atmosphere of highly industrialized and urbanized Gebze, Türkiye.
Air pollution
Correlation
Microplastics
NR fluorescent
Phthalic acid esters
Positive matrix factorization
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 Jul 2023
10 Jul 2023
Historique:
received:
12
01
2023
revised:
10
04
2023
accepted:
10
04
2023
medline:
15
4
2023
pubmed:
15
4
2023
entrez:
14
4
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the atmosphere and their relationship with other pollutants have been gaining attention due to both their ubiquity and threatening human health. As well phthalic acid esters (PAEs) regarding as plasticizers for being added in plastic materials are key role for plastic pollution. In this study, the concentrations and sources of airborne MPs together with major PAEs and their relationships were investigated for four seasons. MP particles <20 μm, constituting the majority of the samples, were successfully revealed by NR fluorescent analysis. As a result of the μATR-FTIR analyzes, it was seen that besides different polymer derivatives, dye-pigment types, some minerals and compounds, and abundant semi-synthetic fibers and natural fibers were also present. MPs concentration were found in the range of 7207-21,042 MP/m
Identifiants
pubmed: 37059133
pii: S0048-9697(23)02127-7
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163508
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
163508Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Banu Cetin reports financial support was provided by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey. Banu Cetin reports a relationship with Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey that includes: funding grants. None.