[덴마크] 정부, 물속 미세플라스틱 탐지 기술 지원

덴마크 환경보호청은 식수원에서 미세플라스틱 오염을 탐지하기 위해 개발되는 새로운 기술을 검사할 준비를 취하고 있다.

 
덴마크 오르후스(Aarhus) 대학의 연구원들은 환경 및 식품부의 지원을 받아 11월까지 완성될 것으로 예상되는 방법을 연구하고 있다.

 
그런 다음, 연구는 물속 미세플라스틱의 더 넓은 이슈를 다룰 계획이다.

 
이것은 Cphbusiness Labortatory and Environment에 의해 이번 9월 초부터 조사되기 시작했다.

 
CPH Post는 코펜하겐 지역의 16채 가정에서 채취한 식수 샘플에서 1리터당 미세 플라스틱 18 조각을 발견했다고 알렸다.

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DANISH GOVERNMENT BACKS NEW TECH TO DETECT MICROPLASTICS IN DRINKING WATER

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency is poised to test a new technology being developed to detect microplastic contamination in drinking water sources.

 
Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark are working on a method, backed by the Ministry of Environment and Food, which is expected to be ready by November.

 
Following this, a study will then start to address the wider issue of microplastics in water.

 
This follows an investigation earlier this month by Cphbusiness Labortatory and Environment.

 
CPH Post reported that 18 pieces of microplastic were found in every litre of drinking water from samples taken from 16 homes in the Copenhagen area.

 
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency said: “Microplastic is still a research area new area, and it is lacking, among other things, reliable measurement methods.”

 
The issue of microplastics entering the marine environment continues to grab headlines. Earlier this year the European Commission started a study to quantify to help reduce losses of microplastics to the aquatic environment.

 
Consultancy Thomson Ecology also released a set of images (above) taken from British waters showing a creatures, including a shrimp, covered in blue microplastic particles approximately 0.02mm long.

[출처 = Water World(www.waterworld.com) / 2017년 9월 26일]