Plastics entering the environment will persist and continue to degrade and fragment to
smaller particles under the action of various environmental factors. These microplastics (MP) …

Simple Summary Consumption and excessive use of substances or items that are taken for
granted in our daily lives such as personal care products, plastic objects, and medicines …

Marine plastic pollution has become a prominent environmental issue in the recent years.
Plastic ingestion is of special concern, as its magnitude and consequences for marine …

As marine debris becomes increasingly prevalent and induces cascading impacts on marine
ecosystems, monitoring of land-derived debris is key for identifying effective mitigation …

Global microplastic (MP) pollution is a serious environmental problem that has been found
in various ecosystems, especially marine ecosystems. In this study, the water (surface …

Plastic pollution is now recognized as a global environmental issue that can affect the health
of biota and ecosystems. Now that a growing number of species and taxa are known to …

We evaluated the incidence of microplastics in the digestive tract contents of four fish
species: Engraulis encrasicolus, Sardina pilchardus, Callionymus lyra and Mullus …

Concern about microplastic pollution little is known about levels in deep-sea species; to fill
this knowledge gap, levels of microplastics in the gastrointestinal (GI) tracts of 34 fish from …

Plastic litter is a pollutant of aquatic environments worldwide, with some of the world's
highest litter densities occurring in freshwater ecosystems. Little information about the risk …

Globally, mass production of polymers and poor control of plastic products at end of life have
led to annual increases in plastic entering the marine environment. Their durability and …