Browsing NIVA Open Access Archive by Author "Nizzetto, Luca"
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Physicochemical and biological ageing processes of (micro)plastics in the environment: a multi-tiered study on polyethylene
Binda, Gilberto; Zanetti, Giorgio; Bellasi, Arianna; Spanu, Davide; Boldrocchi, Ginevra; Bettinetti, Roberta; Pozzi, Andrea; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Pollution by plastic and microplastic impacts the environment globally. Knowledge on the ageing mechanisms of plastics in natural settings is needed to understand their environmental fate and their reactivity in the ... -
Plastic sources: A survey across scientific and grey literature for their inventory and relative contribution to microplastics pollution in natural environments, with an emphasis on surface water
Galafassi, Silvia; Nizzetto, Luca; Volta, Pietro (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Plastic debris are at present recognized as an emerging potential threat for natural environments, wildlife and humans. In the past years an increasing attention has been addressed to investigate the presence and concentration ... -
Resilience of Natural Phytoplankton Communities to Pulse Disturbances from Micropollutant Exposure and Vertical Mixing
Baho, Didier Ludovic; Leu, Eva; Pomati, Francesco; Hessen, Dag Olav; Nordberg, Jon; Moe, S. Jannicke; Skjelbred, Birger; Nizzetto, Luca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Freshwaters are increasingly exposed to complex mixtures of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PPCPs) from municipal wastewater, which are known to alter freshwater communities’ structure and functioning. However, ... -
Selection of the optimal extraction protocol to investigate the interaction between trace elements and environmental plastic
Binda, Gilberto; Carnati, Stefano; Spanu, Davide; Bellasi, Arianna; Hurley, Rachel; Bettinetti, Roberta; Monticelli, Damiano; Pozzi, Andrea; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The interaction between environmental plastic and trace elements is an issue of concern. Understanding their interaction mechanisms is key to evaluate the potential threats for the environment. To this regard, consolidating ... -
Spatio-temporal distribution of microplastics in a Mediterranean river catchment: The importance of wastewater as an environmental pathway
Schell, Theresa; Hurley, Rachel; Nizzetto, Luca; Rico, Andreu; Vighi, Marco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Microplastics (MPs) are considered to be ubiquitous contaminants in freshwater ecosystems, yet their sources and pathways at the river catchment scale need to be better determined. This study assessed MP (55–5000 µm) ... -
Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment
Crossman, Jill; Hurley, Rachel; Futter, Martyn N.; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Between April to November of 2017, microplastics (MPs) were analysed in biosolids from two separate suppliers, and in the soils of three agricultural fields to which they were applied, in Ontario, Canada. Soils of a control ... -
Understanding the role of organic matter cycling for the spatio-temporal structure of PCBs in the North Sea
Daewel, Ute; Yakushev, Evgeniy; Schrum, Corinna; Nizzetto, Luca; Mikheeva, Elena (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Using the North Sea as a case scenario, a combined three-dimensional hydrodynamic-biogeochemical-pollutant model was applied for simulating the seasonal variability of the distribution of hydrophobic chemical pollutants ... -
Unfolding the interaction between microplastics and (trace) elements in water: A critical review
Binda, Gilberto; Spanu, Davide; Monticelli, Damiano; Pozzi, Andrea; Bellasi, Arianna; Bettinetti, Roberta; Carnati, Stefano; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Plastic and microplastic pollution is an environmental and societal concern. The interaction of plastic with organic chemicals in the environment has attracted scientific interest. New evidences have highlighted an ... -
Unlocking India’s Potential in Managing Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs): Importance, Challenges, and Opportunities
Sharma, Brij Mohan; Scheringer, Martin; Chakraborty, Paromita; Bharat, Girija K.; Steindal, Eirik Hovland; Trasande, Leonardo; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are a prime concern for the environment and health globally. Research shows that in developing countries such as India both the environment and human populations are severely exposed ... -
Untangling the role of biotic and abiotic ageing of various environmental plastics toward the sorption of metals
Binda, Gilberto; Costa, Ana Margarida Pinto E.; Supraha, Luka; Spanu, Davide; Vogelsang, Christian; Leu, Eva; Nizzetto, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Plastic particles can impact the environmental fate and bioavailability of essential inorganic micronutrients and non-essential (toxic) metals. The sorption of metals to environmental plastic has been demonstrated to be ... -
Validation of a Method for Extracting Microplastics from Complex, Organic-Rich, Environmental Matrices
Hurley, Rachel R; Lusher, Amy L; Olsen, Marianne; Nizzetto, Luca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Complex and organic-rich solid substrates such as sludge and soil have been shown to be contaminated by microplastics; however, methods for extracting plastic particles have not yet been systemically tested or standardized. ... -
Water browning controls adaptation and associated trade-offs in phytoplankton stressed by chemical pollution
Rizzuto, Simone; Thrane, Jan-Erik; Baho, Didier Ludovic; Jones, Kevin C.; Zhang, Hao; Hessen, Dag Olav; Nizzetto, Luca; Leu, Eva Susanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The acquisition of tolerance to an environmental stressor can result in organisms displaying slower growth after stress release. While well-grounded in the theory, empirical evidence of the trade-off between stress tolerance ... -
Water-borne pharmaceuticals reduce phenotypic diversity and response capacity of natural phytoplankton communities
Pomati, Francesco; Jokela, Jukka; Castiglioni, Sara; Thomas, Mridul K; Nizzetto, Luca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Chemical micropollutants occur worldwide in the environment at low concentrations and in complex mixtures, and how they affect the ecology of natural systems is still uncertain. Dynamics of natural communities are driven ...