Plastic mulching, and occurrence, incorporation, degradation, and impacts of polyethylene microplastics in agroecosystems

Polyethylene microplastics have been detected in farmland soil, irrigation water, and soil organisms in agroecosystems, while plastic mulching is suggested as a crucial source of microplastic pollution in the agroecosystem. Plastic mulch can be broken down from plastic mulch debris to microplastics...

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Main Authors: Liyuan Qiang, Huibing Hu, Guoqiang Li, Jianlong Xu, Jinping Cheng, Jiaping Wang, Ruoyu Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-09-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651323007789