Impacts on ecosystem functions and human health by environmental plastics and associated chemicals
ACRONYM
P-LEACH
Title
Impacts on ecosystem functions and human health by environmental plastics and associated chemicals
General information
P-LEACH assesses the impact of chemicals from globally increasing environmental plastic pollution on ecosystem functions and human health. Plastics impact ecosystems as a new habitat for colonization (鈥減lastisphere鈥�), and weathering leads to fragmentation and leaching of chemicals, including harmful additives (e.g., plasticizers, bisphenols, metals). Our multidisciplinary consortium jointly characterizes these pollutants and their synergistic impacts on ecosystem functions with a strong focus on microbial geochemical cycles in realistic aquatic settings along the land-coast-ocean continuum and at hot spots (German Bight, North Atlantic and Pacific Gyres). P-LEACH also addresses human health effects using human cell lines and human tissues.
Start
January, 2022
End
December, 2024
Funding (total)
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Funding (91探花)
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Funding body / Programme
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Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
/ Helmholtz Innovation Pool
Coordination
Helmholtz-Zentrum f眉r Umweltforschung GmbH (UFZ), Germany
Contact
Partners
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research 鈥� UFZ, Germany,
Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany,
Helmholtz Centre Hereon, Germany
