Fate and Toxicity of Micro- and Nano-Plastic in the Aquatic Environment
Andrey Ethan Rubin, Tel Aviv University
Please join us for our next Monday departmental seminar on the 20th of March from 15:00 to 16:00 at the Porter Auditorium
Fate and Toxicity of Micro- and Nano-Plastic in the Aquatic Environmen
Andrey Ethan Rubin, Tel Aviv University
The presence of micro- and nano-plastic is increasingly reported in aquatic environments, food, soils, and even in air. Recent studies highlight that microplastics hold hazardous potential to the environment and human health. However, to investigate the potential fate, transport, and toxicity of microplastic, researchers often use plastic models of limited environmental relevancy. Moreover, microplastics have the potential to adsorb organic pollutants and the joint toxicity effect needs to be studied. In this talk, I will present my four-year study in this emerging field of research: from monitoring of microplastic in Israeli coast, to our synthesis procedure to generate size-controlled and environmentally-relevant microplastic, and assessing the adsorption potential of microplastics toward co-pollutants and their joint toxicity toward human cells
Alon Shepon
The Department of Environmental Studies
The Porter School of the Environment and Earth Science
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