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Litter in French urban areas — Part 2: transport dynamic and fluxes in stormwater
Urban areas constitute a major hotspot of litter, including plastic litter, that stormwater can wash off towards waterways. However, few studies quantified and characterized litter densities in urban areas and...
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Anthropogenic particle abundance and characteristics in seawater and intertidal sediments of the Tonkin Bay Coast (North Vietnam)
Microplastics (MPs, plastic items from 1 µm to 5 mm in size) are present in all environmental compartments. The evaluation of their concentration, fate, and spatial distribution is still a challenge for the sc...
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Microplastic accumulation in sewer sediments and its potential entering the environment via combined sewer overflows: a study case in Paris
During wet weather events, combined sewer overflows (CSOs) transfer large amount of particulate matter and associated pollutants into surrounding water bodies, thereby deteriorating the recipients’ ecological ...
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Microplastic and Nanoplastic Removal Efficiency with Current and Innovative Water Technologies
has become one of the most pressing global environmental issues, raising concerns about potential impacts on the environment, organisms and humans. were found in most water compartments, (NPs) have recent...
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Toxicity assessment of microplastics within the Loire River in the clam Corbicula fluminea exposed to environmentally relevant exposure conditions
The dispersed pollution caused by microplastics (MPs) represents a current and global concern. While the fragmentation of plastic debris into smaller particles occurs in rivers, little MP research is done on f...
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Non-persistent chemicals in polymer and non-polymer products can cause persistent environmental contamination: evidence with DEHP in Europe
Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a plasticizer that has been massively used since the second part of the twentieth century by the plastic industry to provide softness properties to PVC. This chemical is c...
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Plastic Debris Flowing from Rivers to Oceans: The Role of the Estuaries as a Complex and Poorly Understood Key Interface
After several investigations on plastic pollution in marine environments, the issue was raised in continental environments, mainly rivers. The latter was extensively studied as a potentially significant source...
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Open AccessA microfluidic chip enables fast analysis of water microplastics by optical spectroscopy
Microplastics contaminating drinking water is a growing issue that has been the focus of a few recent studies, where a major bottleneck is the time-consuming analysis. In this work, a micro-optofluidic platfor...
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Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Seine River Basin: Overview of Recent Research
For over 30 years, the sources and the transfer dynamics of micropollutants have been investigated in the PIREN-Seine programme. Recent works included a wide range of chemicals and biological contaminants of e...
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Sedimentary Archives Reveal the Concealed History of Micropollutant Contamination in the Seine River Basin
Sedimentary archives provide long-term records of particulate-bound pollutants (e.g. trace metal elements, PAHs). We present the results obtained on a set of selected cores from alluvial deposits within the Se...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Plastic Debris in Urban Water and in Freshwater: Lessons Learned from Research Projects Launched in the Seine Basin Catchment
Since 2014, several research projects were launched or in progress on plastic debris issue at the scale of the Seine Bassin catchment, combining a high population density and a strong anthropogenic pressure. T...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Macro and Microplastics in Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows in Paris Megacity
Stormwater and combined sewer overflows (CSO) might represent an important source of macro and microplastics in the environment, but such fluxes are poorly investigated. In order to fill this knowledge gap, ma...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Microplastic Contamination of Sediment and Water Column in the Seine River Estuary
Nowadays, microplastic (MPs) pollution is well documented in marine ecosystems since the first publication alarming about marine plastic pollution in 1972 [1]. Similarly, continental contamination is more and mor...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Plastic Debris Flowing from Rivers to Oceans: The Role of the Estuaries as a Complex and Poorly Understood Key Interface
After several investigations on plastic pollution in marine environments, the issue was raised in continental environments, mainly rivers. The latter was extensively studied as a potentially significant source...
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Contamination of soils by metals and organic micropollutants: case study of the Parisian conurbation
Soils are playing a central role in the transfer and accumulation of anthropogenic pollutants in urbanized regions. Hence, this study aimed at examining the contamination levels of selected soils collected wit...
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Sources and Fate of Microplastics in Urban Areas: A Focus on Paris Megacity
Since the beginning of the 2010s, the number of investigations on microplastics in freshwater increased dramatically. However, almost no study aims at investigating the various sources and fate of microplastic...
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Stochastic evaluation of annual micropollutant loads and their uncertainties in separate storm sewers
This article describes a stochastic method to calculate the annual pollutant loads and its application over several years at the outlet of three catchments drained by separate storm sewers. A stochastic method...
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Alkylphenols and Phthalates in Greywater from Showers and Washing Machines
Paris conurbation is a heavily urbanized but weakly industrialized catchment. Recently, it has been shown at the scale of Paris that alkylphenols (AP) and phthalates (PAE) are not rejected by the industry, but...
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Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the impact of climate change on a combined sewer overflow and its receiving water body
Projections from the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM) for the southern part of the province of Québec, Canada, suggest an increase in extreme precipitation events for the 2050 horizon (2041–2070). The ma...
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Nitrite accumulation during denitrification depends on the carbon quality and quantity in wastewater treatment with biofilters
This study aims to understand the mechanisms of nitrite appearance during wastewater denitrification by biofilters, focusing on the role of the carbon source. Experiments were carried out at lab-scale (batch t...
