Publications by authors named "Natalia Lisiecka"
Article Synopsis
- Microplastics are increasingly recognized for their ability to accumulate pollutants, including herbicides known as ionic liquids (ILs), affecting how these substances migrate between water and land ecosystems.
- The study synthesized two types of herbicidal ILs and examined their interaction with polyethylene (PE) microplastics, finding that the different components behave independently and can pose environmental risks.
- Results show that microplastics can hinder the breakdown of these herbicides and potentially increase their toxicity to soil bacteria, emphasizing the need for further investigation into the ecological impacts of microplastic accumulation.
Microplastics represent a novel category of environmental pollutants, and understanding their interactions with typical xenobiotics is crucial. In this study, we investigated the impact of ionic liquids (ILs) containing herbicidal anions, namely glyphosate [Glyph] and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate [2,4-D], and the surfactant cation - dodecyltrimethylammonium [CTMA] on acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) microplastics. The aim of the study was to assess the sorption capacity of microplastics that were present in both untreated and aged form using standard and modified Fenton methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecently, much attention has been focused on the application of the Ionic Liquids (ILs) with herbicidal activity in agriculture. It has been suggested that through the appropriate selection of cations and anions, one can adjust the properties of ILs, particularly the hydrophobicity, solubility, bioavailability, toxicity. In practical agricultural conditions, it will be beneficial to reduce the mobility of herbicidal anions, such as the commonly applied 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid [2,4-D] in the soil.
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