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ArticleHeliyon2024

Assessing microplastics contamination and characteristics in organic soil amendments in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana.

Benedicta Yayra Fosu-Mensah, Nathanael Nii-Odai Laryea, Daniel Darko, Michael Mensah

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Benedicta Yayra Fosu-MensahInstitute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS), University of Ghana, P. O. Box 209, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Nathanael Nii-Odai LaryeaInstitute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS), University of Ghana, P. O. Box 209, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Daniel DarkoInstitute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), College of Basic and Applied Sciences (CBAS), University of Ghana, P. O. Box 209, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
Michael MensahDepartment of Business Administration, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study examines the increasing use of organic soil amendments (OSA) due to declining soil fertility and the high cost of synthetic fertilizers, alongside growing concerns about microplastics (MPs) accumulating in soil, which negatively impact soil, crop, and food quality. This research assessed the presence and characteristics of microplastics in Municipal Solid Waste Composts (MSWC) and dry sewage sludge (DSS) within the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) of Ghana. The study analyzed two sources of MSWC (MSWC 1 and MSWC 2) and two sources of DSS (Sludge 1 and Sludge 2), with five samples each, for microplastic concentrations. A reference soil sample, collected from a depth of 0-25 cm, was also tested. The microplastics were extracted using acid digestion (30 % H

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MicroplasticsMunicipal solid waste compostPlastic wastePolymersSewage sludge

Identifiers

PMID39719986
PMCPMC11666938

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