Nano- and Microplastics in the Water Environment: Sources, Fate and Impact

Dear Colleagues,

Nano- and microplastics are emerging contaminants widely distributed in oceans, lakes, rivers and even tap water, resulting in water environment pollution and human health risks. However, their behaviour in water environments is still largely unknown. Most of the existing research on nano- and microplastic pollution focus on marine areas; its behaviour and the exposure risk in freshwater environments is not clear, and this has seriously restricted the prevention and management of microplastics pollution. This Special Issue focuses on the sources, fate and impact of nano- and microplastics in the water environments, especially in freshwater. In this Special Issue, both field studies and laboratory studies are welcome. In particular, the following aspects are encouraged:

• Sources, transportation, fluxes and fate in rivers, lakes or marine environments;
• Impact of anthropogenic activities (e.g., land use, wastewater discharge, water conservancy project) on the behaviour in water environments;
• Detection and identification techniques of nano- and microplastics in aquatic systems;
• Impact on emission of greenhouse gases, behaviour of coexisting pollutants and other environment processes;
• Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of microplastics and their impact on living biota;
• Ecological risk estimation of nano- and microplastics.

Dr. Chenghong Feng
Guest Editor

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• nanoplastics
• microplastics
• water environment
• source, occurrence
• transportation
• fate
• aquatic bioaccumulation
• risk estimation
• identification techniques