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Various advanced wastewater treatment methods to remove microplastics and prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to airborne microplastics

Zahmatkesh, S., Klemeš, J.J., Bokhari, A., Wang, C., Sillanpaa, M., Amesho, K.T.T., Vithanage, M.

Original Title

Various advanced wastewater treatment methods to remove microplastics and prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to airborne microplastics

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Microplastics (MPs) and SARS-CoV-2 interact due to their widespread presence in our environment and affect the virus' behaviour indoors and outdoors. Therefore, it is necessary to study the interaction between MPs and SARS-CoV-2. The environmental damage caused by MPs is increasing globally. Emerging pollutants may adversely affect organisms, especially sewage, posing a threat to human health, animal health, and the ecological system. A significant concern with MPs in the air is that they are a vital component of MPs in the other environmental compartments, such as water and soil, which may affect human health through ingesting or inhaling. This work introduces the fundamental knowledge of various methods in advanced water treatment, including membrane bioreactors, advanced oxidation processes, adsorption, etc., are highly effective in removing MPs; they can still serve as an entrance route due to their constantly being discharged into aquatic environments. Following that, an analysis of each process for MPs' removal and mitigation or prevention of SARS-CoV-2 contamination is discussed. Next, an airborne microplastic has been reported in urban areas, raising health concerns since aerosols are considered a possible route of SARS-CoV-2 disease transmission and bind to airborne MP surfaces. The MPs can be removed from wastewater through conventional treatment processes with physical processes such as screening, grit chambers, and pre-sedimentation.

Keywords

Adsorption; Advanced oxidation processes; Advanced wastewater treatment; Membrane bioreactors; Microplastics; SARS-CoV-2

Authors

Zahmatkesh, S., Klemeš, J.J., Bokhari, A., Wang, C., Sillanpaa, M., Amesho, K.T.T., Vithanage, M.

Released

1. 2. 2023

Publisher

Institute for Ionics

ISBN

1735-1472

Periodical

INT J ENVIRON SCI TE

Year of study

20

Number

2

State

Islamic Republic of Iran

Pages from

2229

Pages to

2246

Pages count

18

URL

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36438928/

BibTex

@article{BUT180404,
  author="Jiří {Klemeš} and Syed Awais Ali Shah {Bokhari}",
  title="Various advanced wastewater treatment methods to remove microplastics and prevent transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to airborne microplastics",
  journal="INT J ENVIRON SCI TE",
  year="2023",
  volume="20",
  number="2",
  pages="2229--2246",
  doi="10.1007/s13762-022-04654-2",
  issn="1735-1472",
  url="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36438928/"
}