Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments

Dr. Eddy Y. Zeng is a Full Professor and Dean of the School of Environment, Jinan University, China. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Southern California in 1992. He was employed by the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project first as Senior Scientist and then Principal Scientist for a number of years, before returning to China in 2004. His research interests include 1) intercompartmental processes and fluxes of persistent organic pollutants (POPs); 2) human exposure to persistent toxic substances and risk assessment; 3) occurrence and toxic effects of microplastics/plastics in terrestrial and aquatic environments; and 4) the utility of using passive sampler to measure freely dissolved concentrations of POPs in the aquatic environment. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Pollution and Associate Editor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. He also served as guest editors on numerous journals.

BACKGROUND1. Formation and Evolution of Microplastics2. Global Distribution of Microplastics: Abundance and Composition

SOURCES AND PATHWAYS3. Contribution of Anthropogenic Activities to Microplastic Pollution4. Sources and Pathways of Microplastics to Freshwater Environment5. Sources and Pathways of Microplastics to Marine Environment

SAMPLING AND DETECTION6. Detection, Qualification and Quantitation of Microplastics in Environmental Samples

OCCURRENCE OF PLASTIC IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS7. Microplastics Pollution in the Marine Environment8. Contamination of Microplastics in the Freshwater Systems9. Microplastic Contamination in Estuarine System10. Nanoplastic Contamination in the Aquatic Environment

FATE AND EFFECTS11. Impacts of Microplastics on Aquatic Organisms12. Fate and Effect of Microplastics in the Marine Environment13. Fate and Effect of Microplastics in the Freshwater Systems14. Effects of Microplastic Discharge from WWTPs on the Receiving Waters15. Sorption of Persistent Organic Chemicals (POPs) to Microplastics 16. Fate and Effects of Plastic Additives in the Environment17. Microplastics in the Terrestrial Environments

HUMAN HEALTH AND REGULATIONS18. Bioaccumulation of Microplastics in the Ecological Food Chain19. Microplastic Pollution and Human Health20. Regulations and Solutions for Microplastic Pollution Control