{"id":4701,"date":"2020-04-16T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/?page_id=4701"},"modified":"2020-10-28T10:50:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T09:50:40","slug":"micro-and-nanoplastics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/research\/micro-and-nanoplastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro- and nanoplastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4701\" class=\"elementor elementor-4701\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c592bb elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c592bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;mountains&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.33\" d=\"M473,67.3c-203.9,88.3-263.1-34-320.3,0C66,119.1,0,59.7,0,59.7V0h1000v59.7 c0,0-62.1,26.1-94.9,29.3c-32.8,3.3-62.8-12.3-75.8-22.1C806,49.6,745.3,8.7,694.9,4.7S492.4,59,473,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" opacity=\"0.66\" d=\"M734,67.3c-45.5,0-77.2-23.2-129.1-39.1c-28.6-8.7-150.3-10.1-254,39.1 s-91.7-34.4-149.2,0C115.7,118.3,0,39.8,0,39.8V0h1000v36.5c0,0-28.2-18.5-92.1-18.5C810.2,18.1,775.7,67.3,734,67.3z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M766.1,28.9c-200-57.5-266,65.5-395.1,19.5C242,1.8,242,5.4,184.8,20.6C128,35.8,132.3,44.9,89.9,52.5C28.6,63.7,0,0,0,0 h1000c0,0-9.9,40.9-83.6,48.1S829.6,47,766.1,28.9z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c527c0\" data-id=\"2c527c0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d94a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36d94a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>In the past decades, the extensive use of plastic in the manufacturing industry and its subsequent inadequate waste disposal has led to a massive increase in plastic-derived pollution. In particular, the pollution of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) \u2013 directly released in the environment or deriving from the secondary degradation of macroplastics \u2013 raises major concerns due to their potential toxic effects on living organisms and their higher bioavailability. More specifically, the small size of these particles (from tents of nanometers to several micrometers) makes them highly mobile and difficult to isolate once dispersed in the environment.<\/p><p>When released in the ecosystem, particulate plastics can migrate to different environmental compartments (air, water, soil) until they reach potential receptors and accumulate along the food chain. Even though the direct impacts of plastic-derived pollution on human health are still largely unknown, recent studies proved that, when dispersed in the environment, plastic acts as a vector of toxic compounds, pharmaceuticals, heavy metals, bacteria and viruses. However, a systematic knowledge on MP and NP toxicity, fate and transport is still lacking, especially regarding freshwater bodies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40b270c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40b270c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spectrophotometer_gw-1024x610.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4743\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spectrophotometer_gw-1024x610.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spectrophotometer_gw-300x179.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spectrophotometer_gw-768x458.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spectrophotometer_gw-1536x915.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/areeweb.polito.it\/ricerca\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/spectrophotometer_gw.jpeg 1589w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Spectrophotometric analysis of particle concentration in liquid samples<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aeace7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4aeace7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The GW Group aims at developing experimental methods and modeling tools to study the fate of plastics and their potential pathways in the subsoil and groundwater. In order to characterize plastic mobility in the environment, the GW Group conducts laboratory experiments, where the colloidal stability and the aggregation of plastic particles are studied in function of groundwater geochemical parameters. Column transport test are also carried out to study the mobility of the particles in different conditions, and mathematical and numerical models based on lab results are developed to predict the behavior of the particles in realistic conditions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-125c316 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"125c316\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2c6db1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2c6db1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past decades, the extensive use of plastic in the manufacturing industry and its subsequent inadequate waste disposal has led to a massive increase in plastic-derived pollution. 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