[HTML][HTML] Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

A Ragusa, A Svelato, C Santacroce, P Catalano… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are particles smaller than five millimeters deriving from the degradation of
plastic objects present in the environment. Microplastics can move from the environment to …

Chemical analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics: challenges, advanced methods, and perspectives

NP Ivleva - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microplastics and nanoplastics have become emerging particulate anthropogenic pollutants
and rapidly turned into a field of growing scientific and public interest. These tiny plastic …

Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review

K Zhang, AH Hamidian, A Tubić, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plastic waste are introduced into the environment inevitably and their exposure in the
environment causes deterioration in mechanical and physicochemical properties and leads …

Raman microspectroscopy detection and characterisation of microplastics in human breastmilk

A Ragusa, V Notarstefano, A Svelato, A Belloni… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The widespread use of plastics determines the inevitable human exposure to its by-
products, including microplastics (MPs), which enter the human organism mainly by …

Environmental source, fate, and toxicity of microplastics

C Wang, J Zhao, B **ng - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are small plastic pieces with sizes less than 5 mm. Due to their widespread
distribution in different environmental compartments, food, and drinking water, microplastics …

[HTML][HTML] Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

Y Zhang, S Kang, S Allen, D Allen, T Gao… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics have recently been detected in the atmosphere of urban, suburban, and even
remote areas far away from source regions of microplastics, suggesting the potential long …

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

S Allen, D Allen, VR Phoenix, G Le Roux… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Plastic litter is an ever-increasing global issue and one of this generation's key
environmental challenges. Microplastics have reached oceans via river transport on a global …

Rapid single-particle chemical imaging of nanoplastics by SRS microscopy

N Qian, X Gao, X Lang, H Deng… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Plastics are now omnipresent in our daily lives. The existence of microplastics (1 µm to 5 mm
in length) and possibly even nanoplastics (< 1 μm) has recently raised health concerns. In …

A review of microplastics in table salt, drinking water, and air: direct human exposure

Q Zhang, EG Xu, J Li, Q Chen, L Ma… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ubiquity of microplastics in aquatic and terrestrial environments and related ecological
impacts have gained global attention. Microplastics have been detected in table salt …

Micro (nano) plastics pollution and human health: How plastics can induce carcinogenesis to humans?

R Kumar, C Manna, S Padha, A Verma, P Sharma… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are key indicators of the plasticine era,
widely spread across different ecosystems. MPs and NPs become global stressors due to …