Plastics and the Environment

IE Napper, RC Thompson - Annual Review of Environment and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Plastics are persistent and pervasive throughout the environment and have now been
reported from the deepest parts of the ocean to the tops of the highest and most remote …

Removal of the textile dyes by a resin adsorbent polymeric: Insight into optimization, kinetics and isotherms adsorption phenomenally

J Bensalah - Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to characterize the bioadsorbent present and how it can be used in
adsorption-based waste disposal of the toxic cationic dyes study as well, methylene blue …

Is zooplankton an entry point of microplastics into the marine food web?

K Gunaalan, TG Nielsen… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs) overlap in size with phytoplankton and can be ingested by zooplankton,
transferring them to higher trophic levels. Copepods are the most abundant metazoans …

[HTML][HTML] The distribution and characterisation of microplastics in air, surface water and sediment within a major river system

IE Napper, A Baroth, AC Barrett, S Bhola… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rivers are key pathways for the transfer of microplastics (MP) to marine environments.
However, there are considerable uncertainties about the amount of microplastics …

Plastic rain—Atmospheric microplastics deposition in urban and peri-urban areas of Patna City, Bihar, India: Distribution, characteristics, transport, and source …

N Parashar, S Hait - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Evidence of atmospheric microplastics (MPs) deposition in India is scarce though reports of
MPs pollution in other environmental media exist. Henceforth, this study for the first time …

The transport and fate of microplastic fibres in the Antarctic: The role of multiple global processes

EM Cunningham, N Rico Seijo, KE Altieri… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the transport and accumulation of microplastics is useful to determine the
relative risk they pose to global biodiversity. The exact contribution of microplastic sources is …

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: A review of the occurrence, removal, impact on ecosystem, and abatement measures

I Sheriff, MS Yusoff, HB Halim - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment which has attracted increasing
environmental, health, socio-economic, and regulatory concerns. Exposure to these …

Characteristics, sources and influencing factors of atmospheric deposition of microplastics in three different ecosystems of Bei**g, China

R Zhang, X Jia, K Wang, L Lu, F Li, J Li, L Xu - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the research on microplastics (MPs) has intensified, more attention has been paid to MPs
deposition in the atmosphere. This study further explores and compares the characteristics …

Cellulosic and microplastic fibers in the Antarctic fish Harpagifer antarcticus and Sub-Antarctic Harpagifer bispinis

M Ergas, D Figueroa, K Paschke, MA Urbina… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human settlements within the Antarctic continent have caused significant coastal pollution
by littering plastic. The present study assessed the potential presence of microplastics in the …

[HTML][HTML] A review of airborne micro-and nano-plastics: Sampling methods, analytical techniques, and exposure risks

K Zheng, P Wang, X Lou, Z Zhou, L Zhou, Y Hu… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Atmospheric Micro-and nano-plastics (MNPs) can be easily inhaled and ingested by
humans and have become a global health concern. With the development of instruments …