Microplastic contamination in soil agro-ecosystems: A review

Jean Yves Uwamungu; Yibo Wang; Guoxi Shi; Sujuan Pan; Zhibo Wang; Lisha Wang; Shuzhen Yang

Environmental Advances (Oct 2022)

Microplastic contamination in soil agro-ecosystems: A review

Jean Yves Uwamungu,
Yibo Wang,
Guoxi Shi,
Sujuan Pan,
Zhibo Wang,
Lisha Wang,
Shuzhen Yang

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Jean Yves Uwamungu: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Solid Waste, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, PR China; College of Bioengineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, 741000, PR China; Corresponding authors at: Tianshui Normal University, Xihe south road, Tianshui, Gansu, 741000, PR China.
Yibo Wang: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Solid Waste, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, PR China; College of Bioengineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, 741000, PR China; Corresponding authors at: Tianshui Normal University, Xihe south road, Tianshui, Gansu, 741000, PR China.
Guoxi Shi: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Solid Waste, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, PR China; College of Bioengineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, 741000, PR China
Sujuan Pan: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Solid Waste, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, PR China; College of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, 741000, PR China
Zhibo Wang: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Solid Waste, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, PR China; College of Bioengineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, 741000, PR China
Lisha Wang: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Solid Waste, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, PR China; College of Bioengineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, 741000, PR China
Shuzhen Yang: Gansu Provincial Key Laboratory of Resource Utilization of Agricultural Solid Waste, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, PR China; College of Bioengineering and Technology, Tianshui Normal University, Tianshui, 741000, PR China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9
p. 100273

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Microplastics (MPs) have been a significant worldwide issue, becoming persistent and emerging contaminants in the environment. While MPs have been the subject of extensive scrutiny in the aquatic environment, their presence, mobility, and potential for pollution control, notably in African, Latin American, Oceanian, and some Asian agro-ecosystems, remain unknown. Most MPs in croplands come from composite pesticides and fertilizers, organic waste and compost, mulch films, wastewater irrigation, and atmospheric deposition. MPs' ultimate mobility and fate in the soil ecosystem are driven mostly by MPs' physicochemical properties, soil properties, farming techniques, and soil biota heterogeneity. In different global agro-ecosystems, this review explores the MPs' origins, mobility, fate, and pollution control in the soil agro-ecosystems and explores MPs' contaminant-transport capacity and toxicity impact on soil organisms. Future studies should focus on deleterious implications on animals and humans, irregular mobility and behavior in the soil agro-ecosystems, optimum management techniques, and worldwide agricultural policies to promote sustainable development.

Published in Environmental Advances

ISSN: 2666-7657 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/environmental-advances

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