Metal nanostructures in polymeric matrices for optical detection and removal of heavy metal ions, pesticides and dyes from water

L Burratti, E Sgreccia, F Bertalà, F Galiano - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Water pollutants such as heavy metal ions, pesticides, and dyes pose a worldwide issue.
Their presence in water resources interferes with the normal growth mechanisms of living …

[HTML][HTML] Pharmaceuticals and micro (nano) plastics in the environment: Sorption and analytical challenges

ALP Silva, D Barceló, T Rocha-Santos - Trends in Environmental Analytical …, 2024 - Elsevier
The co-occurrence of pharmaceutical residues and micro (nano) plastics in aquatic
environments raises concerns about their potential interactions and consequent fate …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking anthropogenic microparticles in wildlife of an alpine insular environment

SJ Álvarez-Méndez, FJ Díaz-Peña… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite the isolation of remote natural regions, it has been discovered that they are
experiencing the accumulation of anthropogenic microparticles (ie, microplastics or natural …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of multiclass organic pollutants in microplastics from beaches of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain)

G Jiménez-Skrzypek, C Domínguez-Hernández… - Microchemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics pose a substantial environmental and health threat due to their ability to retain
and concentrate pollutants, thereby intensifying their impact on ecosystems and human …

Microplastics Detection Techniques

A Joshi, N Akhtar, A Kumar - Microplastics Pollution and its Remediation, 2024 - Springer
Microplastics, defined as small plastic particles typically measuring less than 5 mm, have
become widespread environmental pollutants, posing significant risks to ecosystems and …

Plastics aplenty in paddy lands: incidence of microplastics in Indian rice fields and ecotoxicity on paddy field phytoplankton

C Amaneesh, HS Kim, R Ramanan - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2025 - Springer
Occurrence of microplastics (MP) in natural paddy fields and its impact are less studied. This
study reports the abundance of MP in two paddy fields of Kerala, India, cultivating rice …