Biotechnological methods to remove microplastics: a review

U Anand, S Dey, E Bontempi, S Ducoli… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastics pollution is major threat to ecosystems and is impacting abiotic and biotic
components. Microplastics are diverse and highly complex contaminants that transport other …

Microplastics as an emerging threat to the global environment and human health

S Ghosh, JK Sinha, S Ghosh, K Vashisth, S Han… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been mounting concern about the bearing of microplastics on
human health and the comprehensive natural environment. These particles come from a …

Toxicity of nanoplastics to aquatic organisms: Genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, individual level and beyond individual level

H Gong, R Li, F Li, X Guo, L Xu, L Gan, M Yan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the small size, high mobility and large surface area, nanoplastics (NPs) showed high
potential risks to aquatic organisms. This paper reviews the toxicity of NPs to aquatic …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review on plastic waste life cycle assessment and management: Challenges, research gaps, and future perspectives

H Jiao, SS Ali, MHM Alsharbaty, T Elsamahy… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global production and consumption of plastics, as well as their deposition in the
environment, are experiencing exponential growth. In addition, mismanaged plastic waste …

Shapes of hyperspectral imaged microplastics

F Liu, LA Rasmussen, NDR Klemmensen… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Shape matters for microplastics, but its definition, particularly for hyperspectral imaged
microplastics, remains ambiguous and inexplicit, leading to incomparability across data …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics and road markings: the role of glass beads and loss estimation

TE Burghardt, A Pashkevich, D Babić… - … research part D …, 2022 - Elsevier
Road markings are often listed amongst meaningful contributors to pollution with
microplastics. However, the reported estimates do not address the renewal frequency and its …

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 …

Differentiating and quantifying carbonaceous (tire, bitumen, and road marking wear) and non-carbonaceous (metals, minerals, and glass beads) non-exhaust particles …

I Järlskog, D Jaramillo-Vogel, J Rausch… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2022 - Springer
Tires, bitumen, and road markings are important sources of traffic-derived carbonaceous
wear particles and microplastic (MP) pollution. In this study, we further developed a machine …

[HTML][HTML] A novel method for the quantification of tire and polymer-modified bitumen particles in environmental samples by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass …

ES Rødland, S Samanipour, C Rauert… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Tire and road wear particles may constitute the largest source of microplastic particles into
the environment. Quantification of these particles are associated with large uncertainties …

Distribution of microplastics in Lanzhou section of the Yellow River: Characteristics, ecological risk assessment, and factors analysis

T Zhou, R Min, S Yang, H Zhang, J Zhang, S Song… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) is an emerging pollutant that has attracted attention in the environmental
field, and the research of MPs in freshwater systems needs to be strengthened. To …