Microplastics in urban runoff: Global occurrence and fate

C Wang, D O'Connor, L Wang, WM Wu, J Luo, D Hou - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Public concerns on microplastic (MP) pollution and its prevalence in urban runoff have
grown exponentially. Huge amounts of MPs are transported from urban environments via …

Zebrafish: An emerging model to study microplastic and nanoplastic toxicity

J Bhagat, L Zang, N Nishimura, Y Shimada - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have received global concern due to its
widespread contamination, ingestion in aquatic organisms and the ability to cross the …

Weathering plastics as a planetary boundary threat: exposure, fate, and hazards

HPH Arp, D Kühnel, C Rummel… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
We described in 2017 how weathering plastic litter in the marine environment fulfils two of
three criteria to impose a planetary boundary threat related to “chemical pollution and the …

Response of rice (Oryza sativa L.) roots to nanoplastic treatment at seedling stage

CQ Zhou, CH Lu, L Mai, LJ Bao, LY Liu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Potential adverse effects of nanoplastics (NPs) on marine organisms have received
increased attention in recent years. In contrast, few data are available on terrestrial plants …

Microplastics in honey, beer, milk and refreshments in Ecuador as emerging contaminants

MF Diaz-Basantes, JA Conesa, A Fullana - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
According to the latest research, marine products have the greatest potential for microplastic
(MPs) contamination. Therefore, their presence in terrestrial food has not managed to attract …

Microplastics provide new microbial niches in aquatic environments

Y Yang, W Liu, Z Zhang, HP Grossart… - Applied microbiology and …, 2020 - Springer
Microplastics in the biosphere are currently of great environmental concern because of their
potential toxicity for aquatic biota and human health and association with pathogenic …

Worldwide actions against plastic pollution from microbeads and microplastics in cosmetics focusing on European policies. Has the issue been handled effectively?

L Anagnosti, A Varvaresou, P Pavlou, E Protopapa… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbeads are solid primary microplastics< 5 mm in diameter that are added to cosmetic
products for cleansing and/or exfoliation of the skin. After use, they are discharged into the …

An environmental concentration of aged microplastics with adsorbed silver significantly affects aquatic organisms

G Kalčíková, T Skalar, G Marolt, AJ Kokalj - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics are very complex pollutants; they can be made of many polymer types and
exist in various shapes and sizes. When they enter the environment they are affected by …

[HTML][HTML] Seeking for a perfect (non-spherical) microplastic particle–the most comprehensive review on microplastic laboratory research

U Rozman, G Kalčíková - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, much attention has been paid to microplastic pollution, and research on
microplastics has begun to grow exponentially. However, microplastics research still suffers …

Review of the artificially-accelerated aging technology and ecological risk of microplastics

P Liu, Y Shi, X Wu, H Wang, H Huang, X Guo… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
After being discarded into the environment, the microplastics (MPs) will undergo weathering
effects. However, the low degradation rate of MPs in natural processes greatly limits the …