WHAT ELSE DOES BLOOD AND TREES HAVE IN COMMON >>> MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN BLOOD & WATER TRAPPED IN PLANT LEAVES

WHAT ELSE DOES BLOOD AND TREES HAVE IN COMMON >>> MICROPLASTICS FOUND IN BLOOD & WATER TRAPPED IN PLANT LEAVES

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What are microplastics?

A new study led by researchers at the University of Preov in Slovakia marks the first discovery of microplastics in water puddles that collect on leaves.

Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size, formed by the breakdown of larger plastics that are typically disposed of as waste.

While the field of microplastic study is relatively new meaning we dont yet know how they could adversely impact human, animal and ecological health they are being increasingly detected in different environments.

Environmental studies have reported microplastic pollution in some of the worlds most remote locations, such as far-off oceans, the Arctic and the top of Mount Everest. Earlier this year, tiny plastic fragments were even detected in human blood for the first time.

Leaf puddles an interesting microcosm

Researchers at the University of Preov, including Katarína Fogaová, Dr. Peter Manko and Dr. Jozef Obona, recently embarked on a field trip to study organisms that live in small water puddles formed on teasel leaves, known as phytotelmata. These aquatic microcosms exist due to the structure of the leaves, which form cup-like structures that can hold water for three to four months.

When analyzing the phytotelmata, the researchers made a surprising finding: small fragments and fibers comprising different colors and of various lengths (from 9 m to 2.4 mm). These fragments were later identified as microplastics. To the authors knowledge, this is the first confirmation of microplastic presence in phytotelmata. They have documented their finding in the journal BioRisk.

These phytotelmata are very small and have a short lifespan, the researchers said in the paper. The question is, therefore, how were they polluted with microplastics?

First evidence of microplastics in short-term water reservoirs

They suggest that the route of contamination could be the atmosphere, as there were no other sources of contaminants observed in the area studied, or it could be that snails may act as microplastic

transporters, carrying the fragments on their bodies from one environment to another.

The first finding of microplastics in small short-term water reservoirs created by plants is further evidence that contamination of this kind spreads through various pathways and probably no environment on Earth is safe, which of course makes our discovery quite disheartening, the researchers said.

Microplastics. Credit: Katarína Fogaová.

On the other hand, the teams discovery might offer new ways to study microplastic presence in the environment. Teasel phytotelmas are abundant in the environment and are unique in their ability to capture microplastics.

Our publication therefore not only brings the first discovery of microplastic pollution of habitats of this type, but also the first proposal of a new approach to the use of teasel phytotelmata and similar micro-ecosystems provided by plants (or artificially created), as bioindicators of the presence of microplastics in the environment, possible sources and pathways of their spread through the environment and spatio-temporal changes in microplastic contamination, the researchers concluded.

Reference: Fogaová K, Manko P, Oboa J. The first evidence of microplastics in plant-formed fresh-water micro-ecosystems:

Dipsacus teasel phytotelmata in Slovakia contaminated with MPs. BR. 2022;18:133-143. doi: 10.3897/biorisk.18.87433.

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