A comparative study on the adsorption behavior of pesticides by pristine and aged microplastics from agricultural polyethylene soil films

Compared with pristine agricultural polyethylene (PE) soil films microplastics (MPs), aged agricultural polyethylene (APE) soil films MPs have a rougher surface, more cracks and have some oxygen-containing functional groups that makes them adsorb organic pollutants, such as pesticides more easily. T...

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Main Authors: Tao Lan, Ting Wang, Feng Cao, Congcong Yu, Qiao Chu, Fenghe Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-02-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651320316171

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