Interaction between emerging contaminants: the role of microplastics
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Microplastics (MPs) and per‐ and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are emerging pollutants recognized for their persistence in all ecosystems. Their dispersion poses a non-negligible threat to the environment and human health.
ECHO project proposes an interdisciplinary holistic approach, involving materials science, analytical chemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental sciences, to elucidate the interaction between MPs and PFAS and how this phenomenon influence their toxicity in plants and transfer in the food chain.
The specific objectives of the project are:
The production and characterization of environmentally relevant test MPs, especially considering the impact of abiotic and biotic ageing processes;
The assessment of modes of interaction between MPs and PFAS;
The evaluation of the synergistic toxicity mechanisms of MPs and PFAS through in vivo exposure of two model crops;
The knowledge exchange and dissemination, involving researchers, experts from industry, policymakers, and citizens.
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