How could it get any worse? The ecotoxic legacy of plastic pollution and the role of plastic transport and distribution, fragmentation, degradation, and leaching of chemical additives
Co-organized by ERE1/OS4, co-sponsored by
IAS
Convener:
Florian PohlECSECS
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Co-conveners:
Lars HildebrandtECSECS,
Francesca De FalcoECSECS,
Catherine RussellECSECS,
Elda Miramontes
Orals
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Fri, 28 Apr, 14:00–15:20 (CEST) Room -2.31
Posters on site
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Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Hall X3
Posters virtual
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Attendance Fri, 28 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) vHall SSP/GM
- Occurrence and spatial distribution of plastic waste in the environment
- Transport, deposition, and burial of plastics
- Fragmentation and degradation of plastics
- Leaching of chemical additives from plastics
- Toxicological studies on plastics or on chemical additives release from plastics
- Studies on the interaction between plastic and natural materials such as sediments
- Advanced analytical workflows suitable for the time-efficient and accurate analysis of small microplastics in sediments