The occurrence of microplastics was investigated in water, sediment and fish from the
Fengshan River system. All collected samples contained microplastics with 334–1058 …

Microplastics (MPs) are emerging globally distributed pollutants of aquatic environments,
and little is known about their fate at drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs), which provide …

The researches on MPs in commercial marine fish are very limited although in marine
environments microplastic (MPs) pollution is a global problem. In this study, the presence …

Data on the occurrence and abundance of meso and microplastics for the South Pacific are
limited and there is urgent need to fill this knowledge gap. The main aim of the study was to …

The utilization of plastics has now become a threat to the environment as it generates
microplastic particles (< 5 mm in size). The increasing studies on the occurrence of …

Microplastics (MPs) become ubiquitous contaminants in Marine Protected Areas (MPA) that
have been planned as a conservation strategy. The present study provides a …

This study investigated the abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial
fish species from the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Bangladesh. The gastrointestinal tracts …

Plastics in Colombian marine-coastal ecosystems are being fragmented by various
environmental factors, generating microplastics (size< 5 mm), an emerging pollutant that is …

Microplastic pollution is an extremely emerging problem and its potential threats to the
aquatic organisms were investigated worldwide. In this study, four different commercial fish …

The importance of microplastic (MPs) contamination in marine environments is reflected by
increasing number of studies in fish species. Some even dedicated to the toxicological …