Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Plastic pollution accumulating in an area of the environment is considered “poorly
reversible” if natural mineralization processes occurring there are slow and engineered …

Particulate plastic fragments (micro and nano-plastics) in aquatic environments provide
abundant solid substrates, which serve as an important habitat for a variety of …

Microplastics (size of plastic debris< 5 mm) occur in various environments worldwide these
days and cause detrimental effects on biota. However, the behavioral responses of fish to …

Awareness of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments increased strongly during the
last decade. Environmental monitoring studies detected microplastic items in every tested …

The presence of microplastics within the gut of animals is well documented. Whether
microplastics bioaccumulate in organisms and biomagnify in food webs remains unclear …

There is definitive evidence that microplastics, defined as plastic particles less than 5 mm in
size, are ubiquitous in the environment and can cause harm to aquatic organisms. These …

Microplastic (MP) contamination in fish species is one of the emerging environmental
problems due to the proliferation of plastic pollution in the environment. The occurrence of …

Microplastic pollution has raised global concern for its hazards to biota. To determine the
direct impact of microplastics during their contact with fish, we exposed goldfish (Carassius …

Todays, with the industrialization of human societies, pollution of aquatic ecosystems with
plastics derivatives are a serious concern, affecting the life of their organisms. The present …