Natural microfibers may degrade differently to synthetic materials under simulated sunlight exposure in freshwater and seawater conditions, with implications for how such pollutants affect aquatic life

Natural microfibers may degrade differently to synthetic materials under simulated sunlight exposure in freshwater and seawater conditions, with implications for how such pollutants affect aquatic life

Article URL: http://plos.io/3HS46t5

Article title: Structural evolution of microfibers in seawater and freshwater under simulated sunlight: A small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering study

Author countries: Italy, Austria

Funding: This work was partially funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU, Project Code: ECS00000041, Project Title: Innovation, Digitalization and Sustainability for the Diffused Economy in Central Italy – VITALITY, and by the Italian Ministry of Health, Project Code: PLASTICON (RF-2019-12370587), Project Title: Microplastics in edible aquatic organisms: ecotoxicological effects, transfer of chemical and biological contaminants and susceptibility to bacteria biodegradation.