Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTAre Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?Luca Nizzetto*†‡, Martyn Futter§, and Sindre Langaas†View Author Information† Norwegian Institute for Water Research, NO-0349, Oslo, Norway‡ Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic§ Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden*E-mail: email protectedCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 20, 10777–10779Publication Date (Web):September 29, 2016Publication History Received16 August 2016Published online29 September 2016Published inissue 18 October 2016https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.6b04140https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b04140newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2016 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views36706Altmetric-Citations1019LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (2 MB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Plastics,Sludges,Soils,Sustainability,Water treatment Get e-Alerts