A review of microplastics in table salt, drinking water, and air: direct human exposure

Q Zhang, EG Xu, J Li, Q Chen, L Ma… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ubiquity of microplastics in aquatic and terrestrial environments and related ecological
impacts have gained global attention. Microplastics have been detected in table salt …

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 …

FTIR and Raman imaging for microplastics analysis: State of the art, challenges and prospects

JL Xu, KV Thomas, Z Luo, AA Gowen - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite a substantial body of research to date for the detection of microplastics (MPs) in
almost every environmental compartment there remains a lack of standardisation, and …

Microplastics in fish and fishery products and risks for human health: A review

L Alberghini, A Truant, S Santonicola… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, plastic waste has become a universally significant environmental problem.
Ingestion of food and water contaminated with microplastics is the main route of human …

Microplastic contamination of seafood intended for human consumption: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Danopoulos, LC Jenner, M Twiddy… - Environmental Health …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Microplastics (MPs) have contaminated all compartments of the marine
environment including biota such as seafood; ingestion from such sources is one of the two …

Mechanism analysis of heavy metal lead captured by natural-aged microplastics

Q Fu, X Tan, S Ye, L Ma, Y Gu, P Zhang, Q Chen… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the mechanism of lead (Pb (II)) captured by natural-aged microplastics in
aqueous medium was explored. Compared with pristine microplastics, the natural-aged …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics and nanoplastics in food, water, and beverages; part I. Occurrence

C Vitali, RJB Peters, HG Janssen… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the presence of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) has been
assessed in several environmental matrices, including the marine environment and …

Occurrence, characteristics, and removal of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants located on the Moroccan Atlantic: The case of Agadir metropolis

S Hajji, M Ben-Haddad, MR Abelouah… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are some of the main sources of microplastics (MPs)
in the environment. However, studies on the occurrence and removal efficiency of MPs in …

Nationwide monitoring of microplastics in bivalves from the coastal environment of Korea

Y Cho, WJ Shim, M Jang, GM Han, SH Hong - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Bivalves are useful bioindicators of microplastic contamination in the marine environment for
several reasons, such as extensive filter feeding activity, broad geographical distribution …

Microplastics contamination in food and beverages: Direct exposure to humans

M **, X Wang, T Ren, J Wang… - Journal of Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since microplastics (MPs) bring the potential risks to human health when plastics are
ingested, more needs to be known about the presence and abundance of human ingestion …