Aug 2026
Polylactic acid microplastics increase N2O emissions from mainstream biological nitrogen removal systems: overlooked concern.
Despite being marketed as environmentally benign alternatives for conventional synthetic polymers, biodegradable plastics inevitably generate large amounts of microplastics, posing currently overlooked yet potentially significant environmental risks. This study selected polylactic acid microplastics (PLA-MPs) as model...
Yanying He, Xianli Yang, Ying-Xin Jin et al.
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