Plastics, due to their varied properties, find use in different sectors such as agriculture,
packaging, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and construction, to mention a few. Excessive use of …

Over the decades, interaction of microplastics with other pollutants in a dynamic
environmental set up was observed to increase their toxic effects. This scenario is worse in …

Due to the ever-expanding uses of plastics and shortage of rational waste management,
plastic wastes have accumulated in the global environment and reached 6,300 million …

Atmospheric microplastics (AMPs) have raised much concern for public health due to their
potential for exposure. In this study, temporal distribution, characteristics and exposure risk …

Plastic pollution represents a pressing global environmental issue, with microplastics (MPs)
and nanoplastics (NPs) being ubiquitously found in both food and the environment …

The widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in the Yangtze River, the third longest river
in the world, has drawn increasing attention. Although numerous studies have been …

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 …

Coastal zones experience various wind events that may influence the characteristics,
distribution, and dynamics of atmospheric microplastic pollutants. In the present study, we …

Microplastics (MPs) are posing new threats to soil ecosystems. Organic fertilizers are
considered as an emerging contributor to MPs accumulation in agricultural soils. However …

Atmospheric microplastics (MPs) have been sampled from coastal southwest England
during twelve periods over a 42-day timeframe in late autumn. MPs were dominated by …