Microplastic pollution: Understanding microbial degradation and strategies for pollutant reduction

R Jain, A Gaur, R Suravajhala, U Chauhan… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with the potential for adverse impacts
on ecosystems and human health. These particles originate from the fragmentation of larger …

Integrating the quintuple helix approach into atmospheric microplastics management policies for planetary health preservation

M Dewika, K Markandan, JN Ruwaida, YY Sara… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution (MP) has become a major global environmental issue, negatively
impacting terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems as well as human health. Tackling this complex …

[HTML][HTML] Water, Resources, and Resilience: Insights from Diverse Environmental Studies

K Pietrucha-Urbanik, J Rak - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Water is our most precious resource, and its responsible management and utilization are
paramount in the face of ever-growing environmental challenges.“Water, Resources, and …

Exploring the risk of microplastics to pollinators: focusing on honey bees

Y Al Naggar, H Ali, H Mohamed, SE Kholy… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
The rapid increase in global plastic production and usage has led to global environmental
contamination, with microplastics (MPs) emerging as a significant concern. Pollinators …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in complex soil matrix: Recovery, identification and removal using micro nano techniques

F Mushtak, J Prakash, SS Katoch - Micro and Nano Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Investigations on microplastic (MPs) particles in soils are extremely rare, and the published
results often lack comparability due to different sampling, extracting, and analytical …

Harnessing bio and (Photo) catalysts for microplastics degradation and remediation in soil environment

H Adamu, U Bello, U IbrahimTafida, ZN Garba… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil pollution by microplastics (MPs) is an escalating environmental crisis with far-reaching
consequences. However, current research on the degradation and/or remediation of MPs …

[HTML][HTML] Mixtures of Micro and Nanoplastics and Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Environment: What We Know about Their Toxicological Effects

M Bastante-Rabadán, K Boltes - Toxics, 2024 - mdpi.com
In real environments, pollutants do not occur in isolation. Instead, they can be found in
complex mixtures with effects that are completely different from those of the individual …

Quantification and characterization of microplastics (MPs) pollution in peri-uburban agricultural lands of Lahore, Pakistan

M Luqman, T Shahid, MUF Awan, SUR Kashif, F Arooj… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Microplastics (MPs) contaminate every conceivable terrestrial and aquatic environment
including high peaks and deep marine trenches. Agricultural lands alone are expected to …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-and nano-plastics contaminants in the environment: Sources, fate, toxicity, detection, remediation, and sustainable perspectives

AH Rashed, G Yesilay, L Hazeem, S Rashdan… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
The continuous production and widespread applications of synthetic plastics and their waste
present immense environmental challenges and damage living systems. Microplastics …

[HTML][HTML] Application of green microbiology for microplastic remediation: Current progress and future perspectives

A Akinsemolu, H Onyeaka - Environmental Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Nearly two decades ago, the term “microplastics” was coined and used for the first time to
refer to tiny fragments of plastic. Since then, microplastics have been found in aquatic and …