Microplastics: An overview on separation, identification and characterization of microplastics

A Tirkey, LSB Upadhyay - Marine pollution bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
At present plastic residues has become grave threat to the environment. Microplastics are
plastic residues with a size< 5 mm, due to their small size it is very difficult to remove them …

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastics in marine organisms: A review and meta-analysis of current data

ME Miller, M Hamann, FJ Kroon - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Microplastic (MP) contamination has been well documented across a range of habitats and
for a large number of organisms in the marine environment. Consequently, bioaccumulation …

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 …

Source, occurrence, distribution, fate, and implications of microplastic pollutants in freshwater on environment: A critical review and way forward

TA Kurniawan, A Haider, HM Ahmad, A Mohyuddin… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
The generation of microplastics (MPs) has increased recently and become an emerging
issue globally. Due to their long-term durability and capability of traveling between different …

Microplastics in soils: A review of methods, occurrence, fate, transport, ecological and environmental risks

Y Zhou, J Wang, M Zou, Z Jia, S Zhou, Y Li - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The global prevalence of microplastics (MPs) poses a potential threat and unpredictable risk
to the function and health of environmental systems. However, the research progress of soil …

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

JC Prata, JP Da Costa, AC Duarte… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics are widespread contaminants, virtually present in all environmental
compartments. However, knowledge on sources, fate and environmental concentration over …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics pollution: a brief review of its source and abundance in different aquatic ecosystems

A Ashrafy, AA Liza, MN Islam, MM Billah… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are a continuous and subtle environmental problem; they have already
been identified as a significant issue in aquatic habitats as well as in human health …

Finding microplastics in soils: a review of analytical methods

JN Möller, MGJ Löder… - Environmental science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Research on microplastics in soils is still uncommon, and the existing publications are often
incomparable due to the use of different sampling, processing, and analytical methods …

Nano/microplastics in water and wastewater treatment processes–origin, impact and potential solutions

M Enfrin, LF Dumée, J Lee - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
The presence of nano and microplastics in water has increasingly become a major
environmental challenge. A key challenge in their detection resides in the relatively …

[HTML][HTML] The fate of microplastic in marine sedimentary environments: a review and synthesis

PT Harris - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
A review of 80 papers on microplastic (MP) particles in marine sediments was conducted for
different sedimentary environments. The papers were assessed for data on average MP …