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 …

Plastics become rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments.
This microbial community—the Plastisphere—has recently sparked a multitude of scientific …

As plastic debris in the environment continues to increase, an emerging concern is the
potential for microplastic to act as vectors for pathogen transport. With aquaculture the …

Background: Pollution–unwanted waste released to air, water, and land by human activity–is
the largest environmental cause of disease in the world today. It is responsible for an …

With the reported ability of microplastics (MPs) to act as “Trojan horses” carrying other
environmental contaminants, the focus of researches has shifted from their ubiquitous …

Plastic debris are at present recognized as an emerging potential threat for natural
environments, wildlife and humans. In the past years an increasing attention has been …

Microplastic pollution has become a major source of concern, with a large body of literature
surrounding the impacts of microplastic ingestion by biota. However, many of these studies …

Urban rainwater runoff is considered to be an important way to transport microplastics into
the freshwater. By analyzing the microplastics in rainwater pipelines in different land function …

Plastic pollution is a rapidly worsening environmental problem, especially in oceanic
habitats. Environmental pollution with microplastic particles is also causing food consumed …

Microplastics, measuring less than 5 mm in diameter, are now found in various
environmental media, including soil, water, and air, and have infiltrated the food chain …