ArticleToxics2025
Concentration-Dependent Effects of Polyethylene Microplastics on Cadmium and Lead Bioavailability in Soil.
Article in Toxics, 2025. 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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Abstract
The influence of microplastics (MPs) on the availability of soil heavy metals (HMs) is a current research hotspot, but how MPs regulate HM availability via soil properties and the bacterial community remains unclear. This study investigated the effects of polyethylene (PE) MP concentrations on soil properties, bacterial communities, surface chemistry, and the speciation of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) through soil incubation. Results indicated that as PE MP concentration increased, soil pH and cation exchange capacity declined, while organic carbon concentration increased. Available phosphorus and alkali-hydrolyzable nitrogen concentrations increased at 0.1% and 1% PE MPs, but decreased at 10% PE MPs. Bacterial community indices, including Simpson, ACE, and Chao1, increased at 0.1% and 1% PE MPs but decreased at 10% PE MPs. PE MPs (0.1% and 1%) reduced DTPA-Cd/Pb, promoting their transformation into stable forms and surface complexation with oxygen-containing groups. In contrast, 10% PE MPs disrupted the formation of PbO, PbCO
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