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Professor Jejal Bathi, and students Laura Wright and Mithu Chanda work Tuesday, Sept. 19, in the Engineering and Computer Science building. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

Got a credit card? Stick it in your mouth.<\/p>\n

All of it. In your mouth.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about the amount of plastic you\u2019re ingesting daily through the food and water you eat, said Dr. Jejal-Reddy Bathi, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n

Bathi and a team of other faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students are researching ways to determine the exact amounts and types of microplastics\u2014plastics broken down to their smallest state\u2014in the water of the Chattanooga metro area. The research also explores ways to filter out microplastics, which are usually carried into water supplies through stormwater drainage.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur microplastic levels are significantly high here in the city, in and around our area, so it\u2019s time we should act. We\u2019re doing wonderful things, but it\u2019s not enough,\u201d Bathi said.<\/p>\n

In 2022, his research team\u2014which is working with the Center for Urban and Informatics Progress at UTC and the city of Chattanooga\u2014received a $30,000 grant from the U.S. Geological Survey to research ways to filter microplastics from stormwater. The $30,000 was matched by UTC.<\/p>\n

This year, the team received $25,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to research methods of sampling stormwater. Along with Bathi, the team is led by Dr. Kidambi Sreenivas, associate professor in mechanical engineering, and Dr. Ashley Manning-Berg, assistant professor in the Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Science.<\/p>\n

Student teams from 21 colleges nationwide received the EPA grants as part of the agency\u2019s Phase 1 Environmental Assessment program. The money will help the teams further develop the concept for their proposed projects and make them eligible to compete for a Phase 2 grant of up to $100,000 to continue their research.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Jejal-Reddy Bathi<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThe primary aim is to get the new generation of researchers and engineers to start thinking of innovative ideas to limit microplastic pollution, to mitigate microplastic pollution,\u201d Bathi said.<\/p>\n

Bathi and several students\u2014both graduate and undergraduate\u2014are taking samples from ponds, creeks and green spaces around the city and bringing them back to labs at UTC to test them for microplastics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese microplastics are bio-magnified into the food system, the food chain, and we cannot stop eating food,\u201d he said. \u201cResearchers have proven that these microplastics exist almost everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

To collect samples, students on the team have gone out to such areas as Warner Park on McCallie Avenue, Heritage Park in East Brainerd, sites on Amnicola Highway, and creeks and streams before they reach the Tennessee River.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to go out into the field to collect the samples, then we\u2019ll bring them back to the lab to do the further analysis and processing,\u201d said Laura Wright, who\u2019s pursuing a master\u2019s degree in civil engineering with a focus on environmental engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cMicroplastics\u201d is an all-inclusive word, and there\u2019s a lot to include. More than 200 polymers\u2014the ingredients, so to speak, that make various types of plastic\u2014are used by industries worldwide. Those can be combined in various ways to make thousands of different plastics.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot every particle is the same size,\u201d Bathi said. \u201cThey could be anywhere from nano size to millimeter size. They will behave differently in the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

If they settle into the sediment at the bottom of a pond, river or creek, they must be separated from the other substances, which adds another level of difficulty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are hundreds of different things that look like plastic. They behave like plastic. There is sand; there is clay; there is natural, organic material. There are metals, heavy metals. So trying to separate them out to pinpoint one out of thousands of different things is the challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another issue is the lack of standardization when reporting the amount of microplastics found in a water supply, in sediment on the bottom of ponds and other water sources, or in the soil surrounding these sources. Some researchers use milligrams in a liter of water; others will use the percentage found in a square kilometer of water; some will use the exact number of microplastics found.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s reporting in different ways. It\u2019s challenging. We need to come to some standardization, trying to understand these aspects, the largest stakes, when reporting data,\u201d Bathi said. \u201cSo we are talking about how to sample in the field. How to analyze this in the lab. How to report them back so it\u2019s meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn More<\/h4>\n

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Dr. Jejal-Reddy Bathi and a team of other faculty members and graduate and undergraduate students are researching ways to determine the exact amounts and types of microplastics\u2014plastics broken down to their smallest state\u2014in the water of the Chattanooga metro area. The research also explores ways to filter out microplastics, which are usually carried into water supplies through stormwater drainage.<\/p>\n

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