Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review

AI Osman, M Hosny, AS Eltaweil, S Omar… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastic pollution is becoming a major issue for human health due to the recent
discovery of microplastics in most ecosystems. Here, we review the sources, formation …

A critical review of microplastics in the soil-plant system: Distribution, uptake, phytotoxicity and prevention

Z Zhang, Q Cui, L Chen, X Zhu, S Zhao, C Duan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are creating an emerging threat on the soil ecosystems and are of great
global concern. However, the distribution in soil-plant system, as well as the phytotoxicity …

Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review

S Veerasingam, M Ranjani… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has been extensively used in microplastic
(MP) pollution research since 2004. The aim of this review is to discuss and highlight the …

The chemical behaviors of microplastics in marine environment: A review

X Guo, J Wang - Marine pollution bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics are widely existed in marine and coastal environments, which aroused global
concern in recent years. This review mainly summarized the interactions of organic …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

S Kühn, JA Van Franeker - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
This review quantifies plastic interaction in marine biota. Firstly, entanglement and ingestion
records for all marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and invertebrate species, are …

Contamination issues as a challenge in quality control and quality assurance in microplastics analytics

JC Prata, V Reis, JP da Costa, C Mouneyrac… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are widely distributed environmental contaminants. To understand their
impacts on the environment and health, more high-quality results are needed. Since …

Field measurements reveal exposure risk to microplastic ingestion by filter-feeding megafauna

SR Kahane-Rapport, MF Czapanskiy… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microparticles, such as microplastics and microfibers, are ubiquitous in marine food webs.
Filter-feeding megafauna may be at extreme risk of exposure to microplastics, but neither the …

Environmental fate and impacts of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems: a review

S Du, R Zhu, Y Cai, N Xu, PS Yap, Y Zhang, Y He… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Wide usage of plastic products leads to the global occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in the
aquatic environment. Due to the small size, they can be bio-ingested, which may cause …

Potential health impact of environmental micro‐and nanoplastics pollution

X Chang, Y Xue, J Li, L Zou… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Micro‐and nanoplastics are generated from plastics and have negative impacts on the
environment due to their high level of fragmentation. They can originate from various …

[HTML][HTML] A review on marine plastisphere: biodiversity, formation, and role in degradation

Y Du, X Liu, X Dong, Z Yin - Computational and Structural Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pollution of plastic waste has become an increasingly serious environmental crisis.
Recently, plastic has been detected in various kinds of environments, even in human …