Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 257, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113449
Keywords
Microplastics; Wuhan; Farmland; Pollution
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2018YFD0900604]
- Guangdong Province Universities and Colleges Pearl River Scholar Funded Scheme (2018)
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Microplastic pollution has become an emergency issue in the global environment. However, little is known about the occurrence and distribution of microplastics in agroecological system. In this study, we investigated the pollution of microplastics in vegetable farmlands in suburb of Wuhan, central China. Results showed that the abundance of microplastics ranged from 320 to 12,560 items/kg(dw). Microplastic pollution adjacent to the suburban roads was about 1.8 times as serious as that in the residential areas. Microplastics with size less than 0.2 mm were dominated, reaching 70% in total. The main types of microplastics were fibers and microbeads. Moreover, polyamide (32.5%) and polypropylene (28.8%) were the main types of polymer. This study proclaims the occurrence and characteristics of microplastic pollution in typical farmland soils of suburb land. It may provide significant basis for subsequent research about microplastics contaminant in the terrestrial ecosystem. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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