PMID- 32325574
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200427
LR  - 20200427
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 720
DP  - 2020 Jun 10
TI  - The occurrence and distribution characteristics of microplastics in the 
      agricultural soils of Shaanxi Province, in north-western China.
PG  - 137525
LID - S0048-9697(20)31036-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137525 [doi]
AB  - Microplastics (MPs) are less than 5 mm, and have significant implications for the 
      environment. As a new type of environmental pollutant, MPs have increasingly 
      attracted the attention of scientists and have led to marked increases in both 
      public and political awareness. However, their distribution and fates in the 
      terrestrial environment are limited. We investigated the distribution and 
      characteristics of MPs in the agricultural soils of Shaanxi Province, a typical 
      agricultural province in China. We found evidence that 100% of agricultural soils 
      contained MPs. The concentration of MPs in the soil ranged from 1430 to 3410 
      items/kg. Fibers and small-sized particles (0-0.49 mm) were the predominant type 
      and size, respectively. Polystyrene (PS), polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), 
      high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and polyethylene 
      terephthalate (PET) particles were identified in agricultural soil. Furthermore, 
      the abundance of microplastics in agricultural soil is closely related to the 
      planting type of soil and climatic factors. The results from this study confirmed 
      the presence of a high abundance of MPs in agricultural soil, and proved that 
      agricultural activities might have caused MP contamination in soil.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ding, Ling
AU  - Ding L
AD  - College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 
      Shaanxi 712100, China.
FAU - Zhang, Shuaiya
AU  - Zhang S
AD  - College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 
      Shaanxi 712100, China.
FAU - Wang, Xiaoyu
AU  - Wang X
AD  - College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 
      Shaanxi 712100, China.
FAU - Yang, Xiaomei
AU  - Yang X
AD  - College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 
      Shaanxi 712100, China.
FAU - Zhang, Chutian
AU  - Zhang C
AD  - College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 
      Shaanxi 712100, China.
FAU - Qi, Yanbing
AU  - Qi Y
AD  - College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 
      Shaanxi 712100, China.
FAU - Guo, Xuetao
AU  - Guo X
AD  - College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 
      Shaanxi 712100, China; Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and the Agro-environment 
      in Northwest China, Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China. 
      Electronic address: guoxuetao2005@nwafu.edu.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200224
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Agricultural soil
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - Occurrence
OT  - Shaanxi Province
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no competing financial 
      interest.
EDAT- 2020/04/25 06:00
MHDA- 2020/04/25 06:01
CRDT- 2020/04/25 06:00
PHST- 2020/01/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/02/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/02/22 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/04/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/04/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/04/25 06:01 [medline]
AID - S0048-9697(20)31036-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137525 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2020 Jun 10;720:137525. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137525. 
      Epub 2020 Feb 24.