Recent approaches and advanced wastewater treatment technologies for mitigating emerging microplastics contamination–A critical review

RY Krishnan, S Manikandan, R Subbaiya… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been identified as an emerging pollutant due to their irrefutable
prevalence in air, soil, and particularly, the aquatic ecosystem. Wastewater treatment plants …

A review of human exposure to microplastics and insights into microplastics as obesogens

K Kannan, K Vimalkumar - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquitous exposure of humans to microplastics (MPs) through inhalation of particles in
air and ingestion in dust, water, and diet is well established. Humans are estimated to ingest …

A critical review of microplastics in the soil-plant system: Distribution, uptake, phytotoxicity and prevention

Z Zhang, Q Cui, L Chen, X Zhu, S Zhao, C Duan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are creating an emerging threat on the soil ecosystems and are of great
global concern. However, the distribution in soil-plant system, as well as the phytotoxicity …

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastics in marine organisms: A review and meta-analysis of current data

ME Miller, M Hamann, FJ Kroon - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Microplastic (MP) contamination has been well documented across a range of habitats and
for a large number of organisms in the marine environment. Consequently, bioaccumulation …

You are what you eat: Microplastics in the feces of young men living in Bei**g

N Zhang, YB Li, HR He, JF Zhang, GS Ma - Science of the total environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Microplastics have been widely detected in the environment and marine
organisms. However, few studies have investigated the presence of microplastics in …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks …

LGA Barboza, C Lopes, P Oliveira, F Bessa… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MP) pollution has received increased attention over the last few years.
However, while the number of studies documentating the ingestion of microplastics by fish …

Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review

S Veerasingam, M Ranjani… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic
(MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the …

Occurrence, human exposure, and risk of microplastics in the indoor environment

HK Ageel, S Harrad, MAE Abdallah - … Science: Processes & Impacts, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Microplastics (MPs) are a group of emerging contaminants that have attracted increasing
scientific and societal attention over the past decade due to their ubiquitous detection in all …

Critical assessment of analytical methods for the harmonized and cost-efficient analysis of microplastics

S Primpke, SH Christiansen, W Cowger… - Applied …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Microplastics are of major concerns for society and is currently in the focus of legislators and
administrations. A small number of measures to reduce or remove primary sources of …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics pollution: a brief review of its source and abundance in different aquatic ecosystems

A Ashrafy, AA Liza, MN Islam, MM Billah… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are a continuous and subtle environmental problem; they have already
been identified as a significant issue in aquatic habitats as well as in human health …