Environmental risk assessment of microplastics and nanoplastics generated from biodegradable plastics in marine ecosystem

M Chen, F Chen, Z Li, MR Haider, J Wei, G Chen… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biodegradable plastics are regarded as promising substitutes for conventional plastics to
avoid the pollution of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in the environment. However …

Interaction of microbes with microplastics and nanoplastics in the Agroecosystems—Impact on antimicrobial resistance

J Nath, J De, S Sur, P Banerjee - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are hotspots for the exchange of antimicrobial
resistance genes (ARGs) between different bacterial taxa in the environment. Propagation of …

Attribution of Plastic Sources Using Bayesian Inference: Application to River-Sourced Floating Plastic in the South Atlantic Ocean

CM Pierard, D Bassotto, F Meirer… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Most marine plastic pollution originates on land. However, once plastic is at sea, it is difficult
to determine its origin. Here we present a Bayesian inference framework to compute the …