MICRONANOCARE

Quantification of microplastics in reclaimed water and agricultural ecosystems. Environmental risk assessment

Description

Objective 1: Development of sensitive, selective, and ideally single-step analytical method capable of identifying and quantifying these micronanoplastics in different matrices (wastewater and reclaimed water, sludge and soils, living organisms).

Objective 2: Development of an efficient sampling method that enables the reliable and cost-effective collection of micronanoplastics

Objective 3: Evaluate and optimize the treatment capacity of the technologies currently implemented in wastewater treatment plants (EDAR) in terms of micronanoplastics

Objective 4: Determine the fate and environmental load of micronanoplastics in agricultural ecosystems where sludge is applied and reclaimed water is used.

Objective 5: Evaluate the exposure and potential risk associated with these particles for aquatic and terrestrial organisms, as well as for human health.

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Study of current micronanoplastics quantification techniques and their limitations.

Development of an analytical method that enables the rapid, efficient and objective quantification of micronanoplastics (MNPs) using TDS-GC/MS, suitable for routine analyses carried out in wastewater treatment plants (EDAR)

Sample preparation setup according to EDAR matrices - Wastewater, Reclaimed Water, Sewage Sludge, Agricultural Soils, Biota (Earthworms)

Determination of the fate of these contaminants in the water-soil agricultural system and assessment of the toxicity associated with exposure to MNPs in both terrestrial and aquatic organisms.

2020-2023

TOTAL 846.235 €

MICRONANOCARE

Our partners

Madrid Institute for Advanced Water Studies

funding for the Nanocare project

Societal Challenges. Spanish State Plan for Scientific, Technical and Innovation Research 2017-2020.