https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Strategies to Reduce Risk and Mitigate Impacts of Disaster: Increasing Water Quality Resilience from Microplastics in the Water Supply System https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54503 Wed 28 Feb 2024 16:10:52 AEDT ]]> A disaster risk reduction framework for the new global instrument to end plastic pollution https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:50388 Wed 28 Feb 2024 15:05:41 AEDT ]]> Transport and fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: implications to environmental health https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:42031 Wed 17 Aug 2022 11:45:31 AEST ]]> Estimation of the mass of microplastics ingested - a pivotal first step towards human health risk assessment https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37965 Wed 14 Jul 2021 09:39:31 AEST ]]> Polymer prioritization framework: A novel multi-criteria framework for source mapping and characterizing the environmental risk of plastic polymers https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:47993 Tue 14 Feb 2023 15:11:53 AEDT ]]> Biofilms Enhance the Adsorption of Toxic Contaminants on Plastic Microfibers under Environmentally Relevant Conditions https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:49928 polyethylene>nylon>polyester. The concentrations of adsorbed Pb and PFOS were 4-25% and 20-85% higher in aged MFs and varied among the polymer types. The increased contaminant adsorption was linked with the altered surface area and the hydrophobic/hydrophilic characteristics of the samples. Overall, the present study demonstrates that biofilms play a decisive role in contaminant-plastic interactions and significantly enhance the vector potential of MFs for toxic environmental contaminants. We anticipate that knowledge generated from this study will help refine the planetary risk assessment of MPs.]]> Thu 15 Jun 2023 12:09:35 AEST ]]> Fate and transformation of microplastics due to electrocoagulation treatment: Impacts of polymer type and shape https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54279 LDPE > PP > PA. Further analysis indicated that the electrocoagulation treatment affected microplastic polymers physically, viz. flaking and changed surface conditions, as well as chemically, viz. changes in vibrational energies of C–O–C stretching bonds, C=O stretching bonds, C–H stretching bonds and formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Our findings indicate that whilst seemingly effective, electrocoagulation treatment induces changes to microplastic polymers that could beneficially lead to degradation, and/or further fragmentation or breakdown and thereby potentially generating more bioavailable toxic nanoplastic byproducts.]]> Thu 15 Feb 2024 14:47:55 AEDT ]]> Strategies to reduce, remove and build resilience to microplastics in the whole of water supply cycle https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:56488 Mon 21 Oct 2024 12:58:12 AEDT ]]> Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in long-term biosolid-applied rehabilitation land: An overlooked pathway for microplastic entry into terrestrial ecosystems in Australia. https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:51560 Mon 11 Sep 2023 09:28:20 AEST ]]>