Casey Miller, Andrew Neidhart, Kendra Hess, Abdul-Mehdi S Ali, Angelica Benavidez, Michael Spilde, Eric Peterson, Adrian Brearley, Xuewen Wang, B Dulani Dhanapala, José M Cerrato, Jorge Gonzalez-Estrella, Eliane El Hayek
The co-occurrence of microplastics (MPs) with potentially toxic metals in the environment stresses the need to address their physicochemical interactions and the potential ecological and human health implications. Here, we investigated the reaction of aqueous U with agricultural soil and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) through the integration of batch experiments, microscopy, and spectroscopy. The aqueous initial concentration of U (100 μM) decreased between 98.6 and 99.2 % at pH 5 and between 86...
March 21, 2024: Science of the Total Environment