[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

Y Zhang, S Kang, S Allen, D Allen, T Gao… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics have recently been detected in the atmosphere of urban, suburban, and even
remote areas far away from source regions of microplastics, suggesting the potential long …

A review of atmospheric microplastics pollution: In-depth sighting of sources, analytical methods, physiognomies, transport and risks

J Munyaneza, Q Jia, FA Qaraah, MF Hossain… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro-sized plastics were first examined for atmospheric environment in 2016. From then on,
they have been detected in both indoor and outdoor atmospheric samples, with indoor …

Airborne microplastics in indoor and outdoor environments of a coastal city in Eastern China

Z Liao, X Ji, Y Ma, B Lv, W Huang, X Zhu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) in marine and terrestrial environments have been intensively studied,
but the dynamics of airborne MPs remains limited. Existing studies on atmospheric MPs are …

[HTML][HTML] Pesticides in ambient air, influenced by surrounding land use and weather, pose a potential threat to biodiversity and humans

JG Zaller, M Kruse-Plaß, U Schlechtriemen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Little is known about (i) how numbers and concentrations of airborne pesticide residues are
influenced by land use, interactions with meteorological parameters, or by substance …

Passive air sampling for semi-volatile organic chemicals

F Wania, C Shunthirasingham - Environmental Science: Processes & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
During passive air sampling, the amount of a chemical taken up in a sorbent from the air
without the help of a pump is quantified and converted into an air concentration. In an …

Breathing plastics in Metro Manila, Philippines: Presence of suspended atmospheric microplastics in ambient air

RA Romarate, SMB Ancla, DMM Patilan… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm) have lately been identified in the atmosphere of urban,
suburban, and even distant places far from plastic particle areas, suggesting the possibility …

Use of diffusive gradients in thin-films for studies of chemical speciation and bioavailability

H Zhang, W Davison - Environmental Chemistry, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Environmental context The health of aquatic organisms depends on the distribution of the
dissolved forms of chemical components (speciation) and their rates of interaction …

Identification and physico-chemical characterization of microplastics in marine aerosols over the northeast Arabian Sea

A Kaushik, P Gupta, A Kumar, M Saha… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) in the atmosphere can undergo long-range transport from emission
regions to pristine terrestrial and oceanic ecosystems. Due to their inherent toxic and …

Field calibration and PAS-SIM model evaluation of the XAD-based passive air sampler for semi-volatile organic compounds

Y Li, F Zhan, YD Lei, C Shunthirasingham… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The use of passive air samplers (PAS) for semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs)
continues to expand. To advance quantitative understanding of uptake kinetics, we …

Current challenges in air sampling of semivolatile organic contaminants: sampling artifacts and their influence on data comparability

L Melymuk, P Bohlin, O Sáňka, K Pozo… - … science & technology, 2014 - ACS Publications
With current science and policy needs, more attention is being given to expanding and
improving air sampling of semivolatile organic contaminants (SVOCs). However, a wide …