Leaching of chemicals from microplastics: A review of chemical types, leaching mechanisms and influencing factors

Y Li, C Liu, H Yang, W He, B Li, X Zhu, S Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
It is widely known that microplastics are present everywhere and they pose certain risks to
the ecosystem and humans which are partly attributed to the leaching of additives and …

Microplastics in Asian rivers: Geographical distribution, most detected types, and inconsistency in methodologies

HT Lin, F Schneider, MA Aziz, KY Wong… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics pose a significant environmental threat, with potential implications for toxic
chemical release, aquatic life endangerment, and human food chain contamination. In Asia …

Standardization of micro-FTIR methods and applicability for the detection and identification of microplastics in environmental matrices

C Rathore, M Saha, P Gupta, M Kumar, A Naik… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The ubiquity of microplastics (MPs) in the various environment is of increasing concern.
Although micro Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (μ-FTIR) represents an ideal …

Microplastics as heavy metal vectors in the freshwater environment: distribution, variations, sources and health risk

K Patidar, B Ambade, F Mohammad… - … of the Earth, Parts a/b/c, 2023 - Elsevier
The inevitable and consistent use of plastics for various chemical and industrial processes
has resulted in MPs pollution, which poses a huge and severe concern for both environment …

[HTML][HTML] Temporal and spatial variation of microplastics in Baotou section of Yellow River, China

Y Qian, Y Shang, Y Zheng, Y Jia, F Wang - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

A baseline study of microplastic pollution in a Southern Indian Estuary

V Unnikrishnan, G Valsan, K Amrutha… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge on the processes controlling the vertical distribution of microplastics
(MPs) in estuaries is less. This research was carried out to determine the MP distribution in …

Characterization of microplastics and its pollution load index in freshwater Kumaraswamy Lake of Coimbatore, India

D Ephsy, S Raja - Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are less than 5 mm in diameter that enters the ecosystem through the
breakdown of large plastic particles or climate and human activity. This study examined the …

A comprehensive assessment of macro and microplastics from Rivers Ganga and Yamuna: Unveiling the seasonal, spatial and risk factors

P Gupta, M Saha, A Naik, MM Kumar, C Rathore… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
There have been growing apprehensions and concerns regarding the increasing presence
of plastic pollutants in the holiest river of India, the Ganga, and its major tributary, Yamuna. In …

Microplastic intrusion into the zooplankton, the base of the marine food chain: Evidence from the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean

P Goswami, N Selvakumar, P Verma, M Saha… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in the marine environment, yet information regarding
their occurrence in the food web is limited. We investigated the concentration and …

Microplastics in the sediments along the eastern Arabian Sea shelf: Distribution, governing factors and risk assessment

P Gupta, M Saha, V Suneel, C Rathore… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the omnipresence of microplastics (MPs), the studies around the western
continental shelf of Indian Ocean (Eastern Arabian Sea-EAS) are uncovered and …