Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39950829›Full record

ArticleChemPlusChem2025

Greener Microplastics Removal: Progressive Replacement of Iron-Based Coagulants with Sodium Alginate and Chitosan to Enhance Sustainability.

Marco Facchino, Loris Pietrelli, Patrizia Menegoni, Mauro Capocelli, Emanuele Limiti, Marcella Trombetta, Francesco Basoli, Marcello De Falco

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in ChemPlusChem, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Marco FacchinoDepartment of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4491-6869
Loris PietrelliScientific Committee, Legambiente, Via Salaria 403, 00199, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3825-1468
Patrizia MenegoniCR Casaccia, ENEA, Via Anguillarese, 301, Rome, Italy.
Mauro CapocelliDepartment of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6167-336X
Emanuele LimitiDepartment of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5594-0743
Marcella TrombettaDepartment of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1357-4885
Francesco BasoliDepartment of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0549-0048
Marcello De FalcoDepartment of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and One Health, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Via Álvaro del Portillo, 21, 00128, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1973-048X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) currently represent one of the main sources for microplastics (MPs) and other emerging contaminants entering the environment. Coagulation is a longstanding and cost-effective process designed to enhance the removal of colloidal particles and proved to be efficient in the abatement of MPs. The present study investigates the feasibility of a progressive replacement of ferric chloride (FeCl

Indexed as

AdsorptionCharge neutralizationEnhanced coagulationMicroplastics removalNatural coagulants

Identifiers

PMID39950829
PMCPMC12105431

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.