Microplastics in the soil-groundwater environment: aging, migration, and co-transport of contaminants–a critical review

Z Ren, X Gui, X Xu, L Zhao, H Qiu, X Cao - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic contamination in soil has received increasing attention since excessive plastic
debris has been emitted directly into the terrestrial environment. Once released into the …

[HTML][HTML] A review on microplastic emission from textile materials and its reduction techniques

AP Periyasamy, A Tehrani-Bagha - Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2022 - Elsevier
The production and consumption of textiles is continuously increasing due to the growth of
population and fast fashion. Fiber fragments (1 µm–5 mm) released from garments and …

Analysis of microplastics in human feces reveals a correlation between fecal microplastics and inflammatory bowel disease status

Z Yan, Y Liu, T Zhang, F Zhang, H Ren… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Human ingestion of microplastics (MPs) is inevitable due to the ubiquity of MPs in various
foods and drinking water. Whether the ingestion of MPs poses a substantial risk to human …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the removal of microplastics in global wastewater treatment plants: Characteristics and mechanisms

W Liu, J Zhang, H Liu, X Guo, X Zhang, X Yao… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are considered to be the main sources of microplastic
contaminants in the aquatic environment, and an in-depth understanding of the behavior of …

Critical review of microplastics removal from the environment

R Ahmed, AK Hamid, SA Krebsbach, J He, D Wang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, microplastics pollution has become a serious environmental threat due to their
multitude sources, widespread occurrence, persistence, and adverse effects to ecosystem …

Disposable masks release microplastics to the aqueous environment with exacerbation by natural weathering

Z Wang, C An, X Chen, K Lee, B Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven explosive growth in the use of masks has resulted in
many issues related to the disposal and management of waste masks. As improperly …

Soil microplastic characteristics and the effects on soil properties and biota: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Qiu, S Zhou, C Zhang, Y Zhou, W Qin - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
The soil environment serves as an assembling area for microplastics, and is an important
secondary source of microplastics in other environmental media. Recently, soil microplastics …

Microplastics in freshwater sediment: A review on methods, occurrence, and sources

L Yang, Y Zhang, S Kang, Z Wang, C Wu - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a rising concern regarding the accumulation of microplastics in the aquatic
ecosystems. However, compared to the marine environment, the occurrence, transport, and …

Environmental fate of microplastics in the world's third-largest river: basin-wide investigation and microplastic community analysis

W Yuan, JA Christie-Oleza, EG Xu, J Li, H Zhang… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Rivers have been recognized as major transport pathways for microplastics into the sea but
large-scale quantitative data on the environmental fate of riverine microplastics remains …

Assessment of microplastics in freshwater systems: A review

C Li, R Busquets, LC Campos - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The reliance on plastic for a vast number of consumer products, many of them single-use,
results in their continuous entry into aquatic environments. Plastic waste can fragment into …