Microplastics in environment: global concern, challenges, and controlling measures

G Lamichhane, A Acharya, R Marahatha… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Plastic pollution in various forms has emerged as the most severe environmental threat.
Small plastic chunks, such as microplastics and nanoplastics derived from primary and …

Environmental health impacts of microplastics exposure on structural organization levels in the human body

X Yang, YB Man, MH Wong, RB Owen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous prevalence of microplastics pollution has raised concerns about
microplastics' potential risks and impacts on the global environment. However, the potential …

Lifetime accumulation of microplastic in children and adults

NH Mohamed Nor, M Kooi, NJ Diepens… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Human exposure to microplastic is recognized as a global problem, but the uncertainty,
variability, and lifetime accumulation are unresolved. We provide a probabilistic lifetime …

Environmental source, fate, and toxicity of microplastics

C Wang, J Zhao, B **ng - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are small plastic pieces with sizes less than 5 mm. Due to their widespread
distribution in different environmental compartments, food, and drinking water, microplastics …

Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives

BR Kiran, H Kopperi, S Venkata Mohan - Reviews in environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Micro/nanoplastics (MP/NPs) are emerging global pollutants that garnered
enormous attention due to their potential threat to the ecosystem in virtue of their persistence …

Microplastics and associated contaminants in the aquatic environment: A review on their ecotoxicological effects, trophic transfer, and potential impacts to human …

W Huang, B Song, J Liang, Q Niu, G Zeng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The microplastic pollution and related ecological impacts in the aquatic environment have
attracted global attention over the past decade. Microplastics can be ingested by aquatic …

Overview of analytical methods for the determination of microplastics: Current status and trends

H Dong, X Wang, X Niu, J Zeng, Y Zhou… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their ubiquitous
presence in the environment. However, there is a lack of published work giving a full …

Microplastics in human samples: recent advances, hot-spots, and analytical challenges

G Malafaia, D Barceló - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Given the rapid advancement of microplastic (MP) contamination studies, we present a
comprehensive review in which the studies that identified and characterized MPs in human …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative analysis of nanoplastics in environmental and potable waters by pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

ED Okoffo, KV Thomas - Journal of hazardous materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics are emerging environmental contaminants, but their presence in
environmental and potable water remains largely understudied due to the absence of …