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12. Environmental hazard of polypropylene microplastics from disposable medical masks : acute toxicity towards Daphnia magna and current knowledge on other polypropylene microplasticsAnita Jemec Kokalj, Andraž Dolar, Damjana Drobne, Marjan Marinšek, Matej Dolenec, Luka Škrlep, Gregor Strmljan, Branka Mušič, Andrijana Sever Škapin, 2022, original scientific article Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the use of disposable plastics, including medical masks, which have become a necessity in our daily lives. As these are often improperly disposed of, they represent an important potential source of microplastics in the environment. We prepared microplastics from polypropylene medical masks and characterised their size, shape, organic chemical leaching, and acute toxicity to the planktonic crustacean Daphnia magna. The three layers of the masks were separately milled and characterised. Each of the inner frontal, middle filtering, and outer layers yielded different types of microplastics: fibres were obtained from the inner and outer layer, but irregular fragments from the middle layer. The shape of the obtained microplastics differed from the initial fibrous structure of the intact medical mask layers, which indicates that the material is deformed during cryo-milling. The chemical compositions of plastics-associated chemicals also varied between the different layers. Typically, the inner layer contained more chemicals related to antimicrobial function and flavouring. The other two layers also contained antioxidants and their degradation products, plasticisers, cross-linking agents, antistatic agents, lubricants, and non-ionic surfactants. An acute study with D. magna showed that these microplastics do not cause immobility but do physically interact with the daphnids. Further long-term studies with these microplastics are needed using a suite of test organisms. Indeed, studies with other polypropylene microplastics have shown numerous adverse effects on other organisms at concentrations that have already been reported in the environment. Further efforts should be made to investigate the environmental hazards of polypropylene microplastics from medical masks and how to handle this new source of environmental burden. Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, plastics-associated chemicals, Daphnia magna, fibres, fragments, nanofibres, polypropylene microplastics, single-use plastic Published in DiRROS: 05.05.2023; Views: 381; Downloads: 237 Full text (3,28 MB) This document has many files! More... |
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15. Gospodarjenje s tujerodnimi drevesnimi vrstami v urbanem prostoru alpskega prostoraAjša Alagić, Aleksander Marinšek, Ana Dolenc, Andrey Krasovskiy, Anica Simčič, Anja M. Bindewald, Anja Müller-Meißner, Bénédicte Baxerres, Claudia Cocozza, Debojyoti Chakraborty, Janez Kermavnar, Lado Kutnar, Simon Zidar, Tina Trampuš, Živa Bobič Červek, 2022, dictionary, encyclopaedia, lexicon, manual, atlas, map Keywords: tujerodne drevesne vrste, Alpe, invazivne drevesne vrste, gospodarjenje z gozdovi, podnebne spremembe, urbani prostor Published in DiRROS: 12.08.2022; Views: 1248; Downloads: 278 Full text (4,27 MB) |
16. Handbook for non native tree species in the urban spaceAjša Alagić, Aleksander Marinšek, Ana Dolenc, Andrey Krasovskiy, Anica Simčič, Anja M. Bindewald, Anja Müller-Meißner, Bénédicte Baxerres, Claudia Cocozza, Debojyoti Chakraborty, Janez Kermavnar, Lado Kutnar, Simon Zidar, Tina Trampuš, Živa Bobič Červek, 2022, dictionary, encyclopaedia, lexicon, manual, atlas, map Keywords: non-native tree species, Alps, invasive alien species, forest management, urbanspace, climate changes Published in DiRROS: 12.08.2022; Views: 605; Downloads: 216 Full text (4,25 MB) |
17. Genome size of life forms of Araceae : ǂa ǂnew piece in the C-value puzzleDomen Kocjan, Jasna Dolenc Koce, Florian Etl, Marina Dermastia, 2022, original scientific article Keywords: aquatic plant, aroid, epiphyte, image cytometry, nuclear DNA amount, terrestrial plant, isotopic signature Published in DiRROS: 10.06.2022; Views: 568; Downloads: 205 Full text (2,02 MB) This document has many files! More... |
18. Priporočila za obravnavo bolnikov z malignimi limfomiBarbara Jezeršek Novaković, Gorana Gašljević, Biljana Grčar-Kuzmanov, Monika Jagodic, Tanja Južnič Šetina, Veronika Kloboves-Prevodnik, Gregor Kos, Milica Miljković, Jana Pahole Goličnik, Samo Rožman, Urška Rugelj, Marija Skoblar Vidmar, Uroš Smrdel, Danijela Štrbac, Miha Toplak, Lorna Zadravec-Zaletel, Mateja Dolenc-Voljč, 2021, professional monograph Keywords: maligni limfomi, smernice, novotvorbe Published in DiRROS: 17.03.2022; Views: 760; Downloads: 408 Full text (1,61 MB) This document has many files! More... |
19. Priporočila za obravnavo bolnikov z malignimi limfomiBarbara Jezeršek Novaković, Lučka Boltežar, Gorana Gašljević, Biljana Grčar-Kuzmanov, Monika Jagodic, Tanja Južnič Šetina, Veronika Kloboves-Prevodnik, Gregor Kos, Milica Miljković, Jana Pahole Goličnik, Samo Rožman, Urška Rugelj, Marija Skoblar Vidmar, Uroš Smrdel, Danijela Štrbac, Miha Toplak, Lorna Zadravec-Zaletel, Mateja Dolenc-Voljč, 2022, professional monograph Keywords: maligni limfomi, smernice, novotvorbe Published in DiRROS: 14.03.2022; Views: 830; Downloads: 459 Full text (3,61 MB) This document has many files! More... |
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