[HTML][HTML] Marine microplastic debris: An emerging issue for food security, food safety and human health

LGA Barboza, AD Vethaak, BRBO Lavorante… - Marine pollution …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies have demonstrated the negative impacts of microplastics on wildlife.
Therefore, the presence of microplastics in marine species for human consumption and the …

Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review

S Veerasingam, M Ranjani… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic
(MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

S Kühn, JA Van Franeker - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
This review quantifies plastic interaction in marine biota. Firstly, entanglement and ingestion
records for all marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and invertebrate species, are …

The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

CA Choy, BH Robison, TO Gagne, B Erwin, E Firl… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Plastic waste has been documented in nearly all types of marine environments and has
been found in species spanning all levels of marine food webs. Within these marine …

Sampling and quality assurance and quality control: a guide for scientists investigating the occurrence of microplastics across matrices

SM Brander, VC Renick, MM Foley… - Applied …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Plastic pollution is a defining environmental contaminant and is considered to be one of the
greatest environmental threats of the Anthropocene, with its presence documented across …

Abandoned Covid-19 personal protective equipment along the Bushehr shores, the Persian Gulf: an emerging source of secondary microplastics in coastlines

R Akhbarizadeh, S Dobaradaran, I Nabipour… - Marine pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
During the Covid-19 pandemic, personal protection equipment (PPE) was widely used to
control the virus further spared. In this study, the presence of PPE wastes along the coastline …

Activities of microplastics (MPs) in agricultural soil: a review of MPs pollution from the perspective of agricultural ecosystems

T **, J Tang, H Lyu, L Wang, AB Gillmore… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Microplastics are emerging persistent pollutants which have attracted increasing attention
worldwide. Although microplastics have been widely detected in aquatic environments, their …

A One Health perspective of the impacts of microplastics on animal, human and environmental health

JC Prata, JP da Costa, I Lopes, AL Andrady… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics contamination is widespread in the environment leading to the exposure of
both humans and other biota. While most studies overemphasize direct toxicity of …

Microplastics in decapod crustaceans: Accumulation, toxicity and impacts, a review

AH D'Costa - Science of the total environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The presence of microplastics in the aquatic environment poses a serious threat not only to
aquatic organisms but also to human beings that consume them. The uptake and effects of …

Uptake routes of microplastics in fishes: practical and theoretical approaches to test existing theories

S Roch, C Friedrich, A Brinker - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Microplastics are frequently detected in the gastrointestinal tracts of aquatic organisms
worldwide. A number of active and passive pathways have been suggested for fish …