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Luca Nizzetto is a researcher affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Water Research in Norway. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science, with an extensive publication record in this field. The main areas of study include pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and health-related toxicology and mutagenesis. Additional subfields of interest cover biomaterials and oceanography.

Their research explores topics such as microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, toxic organic pollutants impact, and municipal solid waste management.

Frequent publication venues for Luca Nizzetto include:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborations with other researchers form a notable aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Rachel Hurley
  • Gilberto Binda
  • Davide Spanu
  • Stefano Carnati
  • Paromita Chakraborty

Luca Nizzetto's recent papers illustrate the scope of their research. Notable publications include:

  • "Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Unfolding the interaction between microplastics and (trace) elements in water: A critical review" (2021) published in Water Research
  • "Exploring the impacts of microplastics and associated chemicals in the terrestrial environment - Exposure of soil invertebrates to tire particles" (2021) published in Environmental Research
  • "Fate of microplastics in agricultural soils amended with sewage sludge: Is surface water runoff a relevant environmental pathway?" (2021) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Large-scale monitoring and risk assessment of microplastics in the Amazon River" (2023) published in Water Research

In addition to journal articles, Luca Nizzetto has contributed to book publications. One such work is titled Managing Persistent Organic Pollutants in India, published by Springer International Publishing in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin

    Luca Nizzetto;Martyn Futter;Sindre Langaas

  • Validation of a Method for Extracting Microplastics from Complex, Organic-Rich, Environmental Matrices.

    Rachel R. Hurley;Amy L. Lusher;Marianne Olsen;Luca Nizzetto;Luca Nizzetto

  • A theoretical assessment of microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments

    Luca Nizzetto;Luca Nizzetto;Gianbattista Bussi;Martyn N. Futter;Dan Butterfield

  • Fate and occurrence of micro(nano)plastics in soils: Knowledge gaps and possible risks

    Rachel R. Hurley;Luca Nizzetto

  • Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India.

    Brij Mohan Sharma;Jitka Bečanová;Martin Scheringer;Anežka Sharma

  • Plastic sources: A survey across scientific and grey literature for their inventory and relative contribution to microplastics pollution in natural environments, with an emphasis on surface water

    Silvia Galafassi;Luca Nizzetto;Pietro Volta

  • Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment.

    Jill Crossman;Rachel R. Hurley;Martyn Futter;Luca Nizzetto

  • Pollution: Do microplastics spill on to farm soils?

    Luca Nizzetto;Sindre Langaas;Martyn Futter

  • Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in river and ground/drinking water of the Ganges River basin: Emissions and implications for human exposure.

    Brij Mohan Sharma;Girija K. Bharat;Shresth Tayal;Thorjørn Larssen

  • Past, Present, and Future Controls on Levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Global Environment

    Luca Nizzetto;Matthew Macleod;Katrine Borga;Ana Cabrerizo

  • Organochlorine pesticides and PAHs in the surface water and atmosphere of the north Atlantic and Arctic Ocean.

    Rainer Lohmann;Rosalinda Gioia;Kevin C. Jones;Luca Nizzetto

  • PAHs in air and seawater along a North-South Atlantic transect: Trends, processes and possible sources

    Luca Nizzetto;Rainer Lohmann;Rosalinda Gioia;Annika Jahnke

  • Environment and human exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in India: A systematic review of recent and historical data

    Brij Mohan Sharma;Girija K. Bharat;Shresth Tayal;Luca Nizzetto

  • Baseline investigation on plasticizers, bisphenol A, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in the surface soil of the informal electronic waste recycling workshops and nearby open dumpsites in Indian metropolitan cities.

    Paromita Chakraborty;Srimurali Sampath;Moitraiyee Mukhopadhyay;Sakthivel Selvaraj

  • Contaminants of emerging concern in the open sea waters of the Western Mediterranean

    Miroslav Brumovský;Jitka Bečanová;Jiří Kohoutek;Mireno Borghini

  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Air and Seawater of the Atlantic Ocean : Sources, Trends and Processes

    Rosalinda Gioia;Luca Nizzetto;Rainer Lohmann;Jordi Dachs

  • Biological Pump Control of the Fate and Distribution of Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants in Water and Plankton

    Luca Nizzetto;Luca Nizzetto;Rosalinda Gioia;Jun Li;Katrine Borgå

  • Presence, fate and effects of the intense sweetener sucralose in the aquatic environment

    Knut Erik Tollefsen;Luca Nizzetto;Duane B. Huggett

  • Evidence for major emissions of PCBs in the west African region.

    Rosalinda Gioia;Sabine Eckhardt;Knut Breivik;Knut Breivik;Foday M. Jaward

  • Persistent organic pollutants in boreal and montane soil profiles: distribution, evidence of processes and implications for global cycling.

    Claudia Moeckel;Luca Nizzetto;Antonio Di Guardo;Eiliv Steinnes

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Martyn N. Futter
Martyn N. Futter Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thorjørn Larssen
Thorjørn Larssen Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Francesco Pomati
Francesco Pomati Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Jordi Dachs
Jordi Dachs Spanish National Research Council
Paul Whitehead
Paul Whitehead University of Oxford
Katrine Borgå
Katrine Borgå University of Oslo
Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini
Bruno Enrico Leone Cerabolini University of Insubria
Rainer Lohmann
Rainer Lohmann University of Rhode Island

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