Global distribution, drivers, and potential hazards of microplastics in groundwater: A review

J Xu, R Zuo, G Wu, J Liu, J Liu, C Huang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Since microplastics (MPs) were first detected in groundwater, an increasing number of
studies have focused on groundwater pollution by MPs. However, knowledge of the global …

Limits, challenges, and opportunities of sampling groundwater wells with plastic casings for microplastic investigations

S Viaroli, M Lancia, JY Lee, Y Ben… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Investigating microplastics (MPs) in groundwater suffers from problems already faced by
surface water research, such as the absence of common protocols for sampling and …

[HTML][HTML] The problem of anthropogenic microfibres in karst systems: Assessment of water and submerged sediments

V Balestra, M Galbiati, S Lapadula, B Barzaghi… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
A new worrying micropollutant threathens natural environments: the microfibres (MFs).
Natural, regenerated and synthetic MFs have been detected in different environments, as …