Road markings and microplastics–a critical literature review

TE Burghardt, A Pashkevich - Transportation research part D: transport and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution became one of the most researched current environmental topics.
Road markings are often listed amongst important microplastic pollution sources, but there is …

Microplastics and potentially toxic elements: potential human exposure pathways through agricultural lands and policy based countermeasures

AD Igalavithana, MGYL Mahagamage, P Gajanayake… - Microplastics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as an emerging soil pollutant and a global
environmental concern. Scientists have recently paid attention to the contamination of soil by …

Release of microplastics to the environment through wastewater treatment plants: Study on four types of wastewater treatment processes

MH Niari, N Jaafarzadeh, S Dobaradaran… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2023 - Springer
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are one of the most important ways of releasing
microplastics (MPs) into the environment. In this study, the size, number, color, and shape of …

Unraveling macroplastic pollution in rural and urban beaches in Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, Mindanao, Philippines

FT Acot Jr, RE Sajorne, NAK Omar, PD Suson… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plastic pollution in the ocean is an emerging environmental concern in the Philippines. This
study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of macroplastics, composition of plastic …

Seasonal variation and removal of microplastics in a central Asian urban wastewater treatment plant

D Zhaxylykova, A Alibekov, W Lee - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the MP presence and removal in the urban WWTP in Astana, the
capital city of Kazakhstan. MP concentrations in the 100–5000 μm size were analyzed …

The Mutual Effect of Microparticles and Antidepressants on the Protozoan Spirostomum ambiguum (Müller, 1786) Ehrenberg, 1835

J Chojnacka, A Drobniewska, W Lenga, J Misztal… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antidepressants, especially selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, which are among the
most commonly used pharmaceuticals, are ubiquitous in effluents and freshwaters …

[HTML][HTML] Application and Efficacy of Management Interventions for the Control of Microplastics in Freshwater Bodies: A Systematic Review

S Munien, PL Adhikari, K Reycraft, TJ Mays, T Naidoo… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
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Mesoplastic and Microplastic Pollution in the Soil of Small-Scale Agricultural Areas in Iligan, Mindanao, Philippines

C Gonzales, RF Shiu, HP Bacosa - Soil and Sediment …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The Philippines is primarily an agricultural country in which most Filipinos depend on the
health of the soil for livelihood. Plastic pollution adversely affects agriculture by degrading …

[HTML][HTML] Do Microplastics Affect the Photodegradation of Duloxetine and Its Phototoxicity to Protozoan Spirostomum ambiguum (Müller, 1786) Ehrenberg, 1835?

J Chojnacka, J Giebułtowicz, N Choińska… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
As contaminants are often present in aquatic environments as mixtures, they may interact
with each other and affect living organisms differently than when tested individually …

Evaluation of Microplastic Abundance and Removal in Wastewater Treatment Plant Processes

T Can, GE Üstün - Pollutants and Recent Trends in Wastewater Treatment, 2024 - Springer
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are potential microplastic (MP) sources for receiving
ecosystems (aquatic/terrestrial). MPs reach WWTPs from different sources. Although these …