Team leader ‘Soil Stressors’
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Dr. Zacharias Steinmetz
"What drives me? Curiosity and the joy of solving problems."
Dr. Zacharias Steinmetz heads the “Soil Stressors” team of the Environmental and Soil Chemistry working group at the iES Landau - Institute of Environmental Sciences. He combines environmental chemistry, analytics, ecotoxicology and soil science to study anthropogenic pollutants in the environment. His research focuses on the fate of plastics in agriculture and their impact on soil.
Unrecognized problem: microplastic in soil
Microplastics in the world's oceans – a problem that concerns many environmentally conscious people. What many do not know is that the same plastics are also found in our soil. It is estimated that five to twenty times more plastic is found on land than in water. What does all this mean for the environment – and ultimately for our health? RPTU researchers are working on answers and solutions.
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