Tyre wear particles: an abundant yet widely unreported microplastic?
| Autor: | Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh, Richard C. Thompson, Lydia J. Knight, Florence N.F. Parker-Jurd |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Microplastics
Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis General Medicine Visual identification 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Pollution Abrasion (geology) Environmental Chemistry Particle Environmental science Geotechnical engineering Tread Plastics Major road Environmental Monitoring 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27:18345-18354 |
| ISSN: | 1614-7499 0944-1344 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11356-020-08187-4 |
| Popis: | Owing to their physical and chemical properties, particles generated by the abrasion of tyre tread against road surfaces, or tyre wear particles, are recognised as microplastics. Recent desk-based studies suggest tyre wear to be a major contributor of microplastic emissions to the environment. This study aimed to quantify tyre wear in roadside drains and the natural environment near to a major road intersection. Tyre particles were identified by visual identification and a subsample confirmed as tyre wear by GC-MS using N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazolamine (NCBA) as a marker. The abundance of tyre wear within roadside drains was greater in areas associated with increased braking and accelerating than that with high traffic densities (p = |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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