Microplastics (MPs) pose a significant threat to soil and groundwater quality. Yet, investigating their transport in soils has so far been limited to conventional packed column experiments where particles suspended in a stock dispersion are injected from one side of the column. This, however, does not represent the natural condition where buoyant MPs are released on the surface of the soil and storm or irrigation water induces...

Formation of disinfection by-products (DBPs) in drinking water production constitutes a health hazard. The total amount of DBPs is usually measured as adsorbable organic halogens (AOX). We determined AOX in samples from four full-scale drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs) in Sweden using different types of raw waters and treatments. Raw water, water before and after chlorination or chloramination and tap water were sampled...