Man-made natural and regenerated cellulosic fibres greatly outnumber microplastic fibres in the atmosphere

AMD Finnegan, R Süsserott, SE Gabbott… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric microplastics have been widely reported in studies around the world.
Microfibres are often the dominant morphology found by researchers, although synthetic (ie …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric microplastic and nanoplastic: The toxicological paradigm on the cellular system

A Choudhury, FZ Simnani, D Singh, P Patel… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for plastic in our daily lives has led to global plastic pollution. The
improper disposal of plastic has resulted in a massive amount of atmospheric microplastics …

Standardization of micro-FTIR methods and applicability for the detection and identification of microplastics in environmental matrices

C Rathore, M Saha, P Gupta, M Kumar, A Naik… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ubiquity of microplastics (MPs) in the various environment is of increasing concern.
Although micro Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (μ-FTIR) represents an ideal …

A preliminary assessment of size-fractionated microplastics in indoor aerosol—Kuwait's baseline

S Uddin, SW Fowler, N Habibi, S Sajid, S Dupont… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The omnipresence of microplastic (MP) in various environmental samples, including
aerosols, has raised public health concerns; however, there is presently very limited …

Plastics and Micro/Nano-Plastics (Mnps) in the environment: occurrence, impact, and toxicity

E Dube, GE Okuthe - International journal of environmental research and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plastics, due to their varied properties, find use in different sectors such as agriculture,
packaging, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and construction, to mention a few. Excessive use of …

International quantification of microplastics in indoor dust: prevalence, exposure and risk assessment

NS Soltani, MP Taylor, SP Wilson - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
This international scale study measured the prevalence of indoor microplastics (MPs) in
deposited dust in 108 homes from 29 countries over a 1-month period. Dust borne MPs …

Rubber antioxidants and their transformation products: Environmental occurrence and potential impact

J Xu, Y Hao, Z Yang, W Li, W **e, Y Huang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antioxidants are prevalently used during rubber production to improve rubber performance,
delay aging, and extend service life. However, recent studies have revealed that their …

Hazard assessment of polystyrene nanoplastics in primary human nasal epithelial cells, focusing on the autophagic effects

B Annangi, A Villacorta, M López-Mesas… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
The human health risks posed by micro/nanoplastics (MNPLs), as emerging pollutants of
environmental/health concern, need to be urgently addressed as part of a needed hazard …

Micro-nano plastic in the aquatic environment: methodological problems and challenges

S Uddin, SW Fowler, N Habibi, M Behbehani - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The topic of plastic wastes, microplastic (MP) and nanoplastic (NP)
particles in the aquatic environment has been the focus of much scientific effort over the last …

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 …