Plastic based products are ubiquitous due to their tremendous utility in our daily lives.
However, the limited biodegradable nature of plastics has recently raised pollution concerns …

Due to its excellent physical and chemical properties and low price, plastic has replaced part
of the use of stone, wood and metal. The inability to degrade and improper handling have …

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

Pregnancy and infancy are vulnerable times for detrimental environmental exposures.
However, the exposure situation of microplastics (MPs) for mother–infant pairs and the …

Microplastics (MPs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have become the increasing
attention and global research hotpots due to their unique ecological and environmental …

Microplastics contaminate environments worldwide and are ingested by numerous species,
whose health is affected in multiple ways. A key dimension of health that may be affected is …

One of the main sources of plastic pollution in agricultural fields is the plastic mulch used by
farmers to improve crop production. The plastic mulch is often not removed completely from …

With the wide application of plastics in daily life, nanoplastics (NPs) are ubiquitous in
freshwater environments. However, to date, few studies have focused on the mechanism …

Global plastic production has increased exponentially since manufacturing commenced in
the 1950's, including polymer types infused with diverse additives and fillers. While the …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the extensive use of face masks and protective personal
equipment (PPE) kits has led to increasing degree of microplastic pollution (MP) because …