A review on microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment: Their occurrence, exposure routes, toxic studies, and potential effects on human health

S Sangkham, O Faikhaw, N Munkong, P Sakunkoo… - Marine pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are emerging environmental pollutants,
having a major ecotoxicological concern to humans and many other biotas, especially …

The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution

HV Ford, NH Jones, AJ Davies, BJ Godley… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution and climate change have commonly been treated as two separate issues
and sometimes are even seen as competing. Here we present an alternative view that these …

Plastic pollution on the world's coral reefs

HT Pinheiro, C MacDonald, RG Santos, R Ali, A Bobat… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Coral reefs are losing the capacity to sustain their biological functions. In addition to other
well-known stressors, such as climatic change and overfishing, plastic pollution is an …

[HTML][HTML] Micro (nano) plastics sources, fate, and effects: What we know after ten years of research

S Allen, D Allen, S Karbalaei, V Maselli… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The last decade has been transformative for micro (nano) plastic (MnP) research with recent
discoveries revealing the extent and magnitude of MnP pollution, even in the world's most …

The plastic brain: neurotoxicity of micro-and nanoplastics

M Prüst, J Meijer, RHS Westerink - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2020 - Springer
Given the global abundance and environmental persistence, exposure of humans and
(aquatic) animals to micro-and nanoplastics is unavoidable. Current evidence indicates that …

The world's growing municipal solid waste: trends and impacts

DMC Chen, BL Bodirsky, T Krueger… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Global municipal waste production causes multiple environmental impacts, including
greenhouse gas emissions, ocean plastic accumulation, and nitrogen pollution. However …

Microplastics in the marine environment: Current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile

CG Alimba, C Faggio - Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 2019 - Elsevier
The global plastics production has increased from 1.5 million tons in the 1950s to 335
million tons in 2016, with plastics discharged into virtually all components of the …

[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 …

Politics and the plastic crisis: A review throughout the plastic life cycle

TD Nielsen, J Hasselbalch… - … Reviews: Energy and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article surveys the politics of plastics through a reading and analysis of more than 180
scientific articles in the fields of environmental science and environmental studies. Despite …

The hidden threat of plastic leachates: A critical review on their impacts on aquatic organisms

K Gunaalan, E Fabbri, M Capolupo - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Plastic products are made from the essential polymer mixed with a complex blend of
substances including catalyst remnants, polymerization solvents, and a wide range of other …