Twenty years after the first publication that used the term microplastic, we review current
understanding, refine definitions, and consider future prospects. Microplastics arise from …

Microplastic particles are ubiquitous in the environment, from the air we breathe to the food
we eat. The key question with respect to these particles is to what extent they cause risks for …

Ozonation has been applied in water treatment for more than a century, first for disinfection,
later for oxidation of inorganic and organic pollutants. In recent years, ozone has been …

Microplastics and nanoplastics have become emerging particulate anthropogenic pollutants
and rapidly turned into a field of growing scientific and public interest. These tiny plastic …

Plastic pollution accumulating in an area of the environment is considered “poorly
reversible” if natural mineralization processes occurring there are slow and engineered …

Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Exposure to environmental organic pollutants has triggered significant ecological impacts
and adverse health outcomes, which have been received substantial and increasing …

p-Phenylenediamines (PPDs) have been extensively used in the rubber industry and found
to be pervasive in various environmental compartments for decades, while their …

N-(1, 3-Dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine-quinone (6PPD-quinone), a
transformation product of the rubber tire antioxidant 6PPD, has recently been identified as …

Stormwater exposure can cause acute mortality of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch),
and 6PPD-quinone (6PPD-Q) was identified as the primary causal toxicant. Commercial …