Evaluation of microplastic release caused by textile washing processes of synthetic fabrics

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 236, Issue , 2018, Pages 916-925

  De Falco, Francesca ^a   Gullo, Maria Pia ^a   Gentile, Gennaro ^a   Di Pace, Emilia ^a   Cocca, Mariacristina ^a   Gelabert, Laura ^b   Brouta Agnésa, Marolda ^b   Rovira, Angels ^b   Escudero, Rosa ^b   Villalba, Raquel ^b   Mossotti, Raffaella ^a   Montarsolo, Alessio ^a   Gavignano, Sara ^a   Tonin, Claudio ^a   Avella, Maurizio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b LEITAT TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Counting method; Microplastic; Synthetic fabric; Textile washing

Indexed keywords

MARINE BIOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MICROFIBERS; MICROPLASTIC; POLYESTERS; POLYPROPYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); TEXTILES; WASHING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION;

ANALYTICAL PROTOCOLS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; COUNTING METHOD; MARINE CONTAMINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SYNTHETIC FABRICS; WASHING CONDITIONS;

WEAVING;

DETERGENT; MICROPLASTIC; PLASTIC; POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DETERGENT; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMER; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEXTILE WASHING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LAUNDRY; TEXTILE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

LAUNDERING; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASTICS; POLYESTERS; TEXTILES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85032191229     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.057     Document Type: Article

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