Freshwater and airborne textile fibre populations are dominated by 'natural', not microplastic, fibres
Freshwater and airborne textile fibre populations are dominated by 'natural', not microplastic, fibres
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10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.278
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发表时间：
2019-05-20
影响因子：
9.8
通讯作者：
Gomes, Rachel L.
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作者：
Stanton, Thomas;Johnson, Matthew;Gomes, Rachel L.
一些环境科学家已经推测了天然纺织纤维作为环境污染物的潜在作用，然而，普遍的共识是它们的生物降解性降低了它们对环境的威胁。虽然它们构成的风险仍然知之甚少，但它们在环境中的普遍性已经在最近的几份miaoplastic污染手稿中得到了注意。在这里，我们强调了天然纺织纤维在英国特伦特河上游的纤维种群中占主导地位的程度，以及在其流域内的大气沉积，超过了12个月的微塑料采样活动。在223个样本中，天然纺织纤维占纺织纤维数量的93.8%。此外，尽管包括合成纤维在内的微塑料颗粒是普遍存在的环境污染物，但823%的样品中不存在挤压纺织纤维。只有9.7%的样品不含天然纺织纤维。(C)2019爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
The potential role of natural textile fibres as environmental pollutants has been speculated upon by some environmental scientists, however, there is a general consensus that their biodegradability reduces their environmental threat. Whilst the risks that they pose remain poorly understood, their environmental prevalence has been noted in several recent miaoplastic pollution manuscripts. Here we highlight the extent to which natural textile fibres dominate fibre populations of upstream reaches of the River Trent, UK, as well as the atmospheric deposition within its catchment, over a twelve month microplastic sampling campaign. Across 223 samples, natural textile fibres represented 93.8% of the textile fibre population quantified. Moreover, though microplastic particles including synthetic fibres are known to be pervasive environmental pollutants, extruded textile fibres were absent from 823% of samples. Natural textile fibres were absent from just 9.7% of samples. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.