Plastics play an indispensable role in our daily lives, owing to their ease in use, low cost,
strength, versatility and durability but their excessive usage in packaging industries …

Mangroves receive microplastics (MPs) from terrestrial, marine and atmospheric sources,
acting as a huge filter for environmental MPs between land and sea. Due to the high primary …

Polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) can threaten human health, especially male fertility.
However, most existing studies have focused on the adulthood stage of male reproduction …

Freshwater rivers play the key role in providing drinking water sources and building the
bridge of oceans and lands. Hence, environmental pollutants can be transferred into …

Microplastics (MPs) form the most investigated plastic category since their size (1 μm-5 mm)
enables them to accumulate in various environmental compartments and to be ingested by …

The degradation process of different types of mulch in agriculture and its effect on soil
ecosystem should be considered comprehensively. To this end, the changes in …

Microplastic pollution, a major global concern, has garnered increasing attention in
agricultural ecosystem research. China's Hetao Irrigation District, vital for grain production in …

The male reproductive toxicity of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) has attracted
great attention, but the latent mechanisms remain fragmented. This review performed the …

Abstract The Yangtze River has always been considered an important river for transporting
microplastics into the sea. However, there is still a lack of understanding of the degree of …

Mangrove sediment is acknowledged as the critical sink of microplastics (MPs). However,
the potential effect of mangrove root systems on the MPs migration in sediment remains …