Rural areas are exposed to severe environmental pollution issues fed by industrial and
agricultural activities combined with poor waste and sanitation management practices …

The overwhelming majority of research conducted to date on plastic pollution (all size
fractions) has focused on marine ecosystems. In comparison, only a few studies provide …

In recent years, interest in the environmental occurrence and effects of microplastics (MPs)
has shifted towards our inland waters, and in this chapter we provide an overview of the …

Synthetic polymers are one of the most significant pollutants in the aquatic environment.
Most research focused on small plastic particles, so-called microplastics (particle size, 1 …

Microplastics have been detected in freshwaters all over the world in almost all samples,
and ecotoxicological studies have shown adverse effects of microplastics on organisms …

Freshwater environments are the route through which inland plastics are transported to the
ocean, explaining why the number of freshwater microplastic (MP) studies has recently been …

Although the use of plastics varies across different regions, Africa is ranked second after
Asia as an indiscernible consumer of plastics that break down into microplastic. Moreover …

We present data on the occurrence of microplastics in fish from the Guinea current region off
Ghana's Coast. Frequency of occurrence of microplastics in the fish species followed the …

The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the world's longest river, the Nile River, has yet to be
reported. This small-scale study aimed to provide the first information about MPs in the Nile …

Plastic and, particularly, microplastic (MP) pollution is a growing research theme, dedicated
largely to marine systems. Occurring at the land–sea interface, estuarine habitats such as …