Browsing NIVA Open Access Archive by Author "Nizzetto, Luca"
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A single pulse of diffuse contaminants alters the size distribution of natural phytoplankton communities
Baho, Didier Ludovic; Pomati, Francesco; Leu, Eva; Hessen, Dag Olav; Moe, S. Jannicke; Norberg, Jon; Nizzetto, Luca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The presence of a multitude of bioactive organic pollutants collectively classified as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in freshwaters is of concern, considering that ecological assessments of their ... -
Assessing Air–Surface Exchange and Fate of Mercury in a Subtropical Forest Using a Novel Passive Exchange-Meter Device
Zhang, Hui; Nizzetto, Luca; Feng, Xinbin; Borgå, Katrine; Sommar, Jonas; Fu, Xuewu; Zhang, Hua; Zhang, Gan; Larssen, Thorjørn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Assessing sources and fractions of metals associated with environmental plastics: a case study in Lake Como (Italy)
Carnati, Stefano; Pozzi, Andrea; Spanu, Davide; Monticelli, Damiano; Bettinetti, Roberta; Boldrocchi, Ginevra; Nizzetto, Luca; Binda, Gilberto (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Understanding plastic–metal interactions is paramount to unveil the ecological risks of plastic pollution. Besides including a (variable) amount of metal-containing additives, plastic objects can adsorb metals on their ... -
Binding of waterborne pharmaceutical and personal care products to natural dissolved organic matter
Rizzuto, Simone; Baho, Didier Ludovic; Jones, Kevin C.; Zhang, Hao; Leu, Eva; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Information on how key environmental conditions such as natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) and water pH alter the possible risks posed by pharmaceuticals (PPCPs) is still scarce. In our previous study, the presence of ... -
A comprehensive assessment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in an Indian food basket: Levels, dietary intakes, and comparison with European data
Sharma, Brij Mohan; Bharat, Girija K.; Chakraborty, Paromita; Martiník, Jakub; Audy, Ondřej; Kukučka, Petr; Přibylová, Petra; Kukreti, Praveen Kumar; Sharma, Anežka; Kalina, Jiří; Steindal, Eirik Hovland; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in diet are a health concern and their monitoring in food has been introduced in the European Union. In developing countries, EDC dietary exposure data are scarce, especially from areas ... -
Diurnal variability of persistent organic pollutants in the atmosphere over the remote Southern Atlantic Ocean
Gioia, Rosalinda; MacLeod, Matthew; Castro-Jiménez, Javier; Nizzetto, Luca; Dachs, Jordi; Lohmann, Rainer; Jones, Kevin C. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)A diel (24-h) cycle with daytime atmospheric concentrations higher than nighttime concentrations by a factor of 1.5–3 was observed for several low molecular weight polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polycyclic aromatic ... -
Ecological Memory of Historical Contamination Influences the Response of Phytoplankton Communities
Baho, Didier Ludovic; Rizzuto, Simone; Nizzetto, Luca; Hessen, Dag Olav; Norberg, Jon; Skjelbred, Birger; Jones, Kevin C.; Zhang, Hao; Leu, Eva (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Ecological memory (EM) recognizes the importance of previous stress encounters in promoting community tolerance and thereby enhances ecosystem stability, provided that gained tolerances are preserved during non-stress ... -
Endocrine-disrupting chemicals used as common plastic additives: Levels, profiles, and human dietary exposure from the Indian food basket
Chakraborty, Paromita; Bharat, Girija K.; Gaonkar, Omkar; Mukhopadhyay, Moitraiyee; Chandra, Sarath; Steindal, Eirik Hovland; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) such as phthalic acid esters (PAEs) and bisphenol A (BPA) are the most widely used plastic additives in polymeric materials. These EDCs are ubiquitously distributed in the environment. ... -
Exploring the impacts of microplastics and associated chemicals in the terrestrial environment – Exposure of soil invertebrates to tire particles
Selonen, Salla; Dolar, Andraz; Kokalj, Anita Jemec; Sackey, Lyndon NA; Skalar, Tina; Fernandes, Virginia Cruz; Rede, Diana; Delerue-Matos, Cristina; Hurley, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca; van Gestel, Cornelis AM (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Abrasion of tire wear is one of the largest sources of microplastics to the environment. Although most tire particles settle into soils, studies on their ecotoxicological impacts on the terrestrial environment are scarce. ... -
Fate and occurrence of micro(nano)plastics in soils: Knowledge gaps and possible risks
Hurley, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The majority of micro(nano)plastic research has been concentrated on the marine environment. Whilst the ocean represents an ultimate sink for contamination, this focus overlooked key processes and pathways of micro(nano)plastics ... -
Fate of microplastics in agricultural soils amended with sewage sludge: Is surface water runoff a relevant environmental pathway?
Schell, Theresa; Hurley, Rachel; Buenaventura, Nina Tuscano; Mauri, Pedro V.; Nizzetto, Luca; Rico, Andreu; Vighi, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Sewage sludge used as agricultural fertilizer has been identified as an important source of microplastics (MPs) to the environment. However, the fate of MPs added to agricultural soils is largely unknown. This study ... -
Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India
Sharma, Brij Mohan; Bečanová, Jitka; Scheringer, Martin; Sharma, Anežka; Bharat, Girija K; Whitehead, Paul G; Klanova, Jana; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Pharmaceuticals, personal care products (PPCPs), and artificial sweeteners (ASWs) are contaminants of emerging concern commonly found in the aquatic environments. In India, studies reporting environmental occurrence of ... -
IMPASSE – Impacts of microplastic in agrosystems and stream environments
Nizzetto, Luca; Andreu, Rico; Van Gestel, Kees; Selonen, Saila; Crossman, Jill; Futter, Martyn; Kokalj, Anita Jemec (NIVA-rapport;7632, Research report, 2021)We found that the application of biosolids from sewage sludge represents an important source of microplastics (MP) to agricultural soils. Soils that received more biosolid treatments in the past exhibit higher levels of ... -
Innovative reference materials for method validation in microplastic analysis including interlaboratory comparison exercises
Martínez Francés, Elena; van Bavel, Bert; Hurley, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca; Pakhomova, Svetlana; Buenaventura, Nina Tuscano; Singdahl-Larsen, Cecilie; Magni, Marie-Louise Tambo; Johansen, Jon Eigill; Lusher, Amy Lorraine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Reference materials (RMs) are vital tools in the validation of methods used to detect environmental pollutants. Microplastics, a relatively new environmental pollutant, require a variety of complex approaches to address ... -
Large-scale monitoring and risk assessment of microplastics in the Amazon River
Rico, Andreu; Redondo-Hasselerharm, Paula; Vighi, Marco; Waichman, Andrea Viviana; de Souza Nunes, Gabriel Silva; Oliveira, Rhaul de; Singdahl-Larsen, Cecilie; Hurley, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca; Schell, Theresa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Microplastics (MPs) are one of the most widespread contaminants worldwide, yet their risks for freshwater ecosystems have seldom been investigated. In this study, we performed a large monitoring campaign to assess the ... -
Line ferries and cargo ships for the monitoring of marine contaminants of emerging concern: Application along a Europe-Arctic transect
Brumovský, Miroslav; Bečanová, Jitka; Sáňka, Ondřej; Løken, Katharina Bjarnar; Baho, Didier Ludovic; Sørensen, Kai; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) are a focus in marine protection. Several CECs are released with wastewater effluents to coastal environments and their offshore occurrence has been recently documented. Routine ... -
Mapping microplastics in sludge
Lusher, Amy L.; Hurley, Rachel; Vogelsang, Christian; Nizzetto, Luca; Olsen, Marianne (NIVA-rapport;7215, Research report, 2017)The main objective of this project was to characterize microplastics in sewage sludge from Norwegian domestic wastewater treatment plants applying different wastewater and sludge treatment technologies. WWTPs were selected ... -
Measuring riverine macroplastic: Methods, harmonisation, and quality control
Hurley, Rachel; Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Nizzetto, Luca; Steindal, Eirik Hovland; Lin, Yan; Clayer, Francois; Emmerik, Tim van; Buenaventura, Nina Tuscano; Eidsvoll, David Pettersen; Økelsrud, Asle; Norling, Magnus Dahler; Adam, Hans Nicolai; Olsen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)River systems are a key environmental recipient of macroplastic pollution. Understanding the sources of macroplastic to rivers and the mechanisms controlling fate and transport is essential to identify and tailor measures ... -
Modelling environmental impacts of Cesium-137 under a hypothetical release of radioactive waste
Lin, Yan; Couture, Raoul-Marie; Klein, Heiko; Ytre-Eide, Martin; Dyve, Jan Erik; Lind, Ole Christian; Bartnicki, Jerzy; Nizzetto, Luca; Butterfield, Daniel; Larssen, Thorjørn; Salbu, Brit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Waste tanks at the nuclear facility located at Sellafield, UK, represent a nuclear source which could release radionuclides to the atmosphere. A model chain which combines atmospheric transport, deposition as well as ... -
The Norwegian river monitoring programme 2019 – water quality status and trends
Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Gundersen, Cathrine Brecke; Kaste, Øyvind; Sample, James Edward; Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Norling, Magnus Dahler; Guerrero, Jose-Luis; Allan, Ian; Nizzetto, Luca (NIVA-rapport;7564, Research report, 2020)In the Norwegian River Monitoring Programme (in Norwegian: Elveovervåkingsprogrammet) 20 rivers along the Norwegian coastline are monitored for chemical and hydrological parameters. It is a continuation of river monitoring ...