Plastic waste pollution is one of the biggest problems in the world today. The amount of
plastic in the environment continues to increase, and human exposure to microplastic (MP) …

Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as emerging environmental pollutants classified as
primary or secondary based on their source. Composition, shape, size, and colour, among …

With most of the plastics ever produced now being waste, slowly degrading and fragmenting
in the environment, microplastics (MPs) have become an emerging concern regarding their …

The risk posed by microplastics for human and environment, has become a hot topic. The
concern is focused not only on the effect of microplastics as such but also on additives and …

The contamination of the environment with whole plastics or pieces thereof (microand
nanoplastics) is the subject of extensive discussion nowadays in academia and the media …

Microplastic research in recent years has shown that small plastic particles are found almost
everywhere we look. Besides aquatic and terrestrial environments, this also includes aquatic …

The increasing use of plastic materials generates an enormous amount of waste. In the
aquatic environment, a significant part of this waste is present in the form of microplastics …

Plastic has been an incredibly useful and indispensable material in all aspects of human life.
Without it many advances in medicine, technology or industry would not have been possible …

Since microplastics (MPs) bring the potential risks to human health when plastics are
ingested, more needs to be known about the presence and abundance of human ingestion …

While versatile application of plastics has generated huge benefits in our life, the 'plastic end-
of-life'comes with downsides of emerging concern is plastic particles within all parts of …