Microplastics and associated contaminants in the aquatic environment: A review on their ecotoxicological effects, trophic transfer, and potential impacts to human …

W Huang, B Song, J Liang, Q Niu, G Zeng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The microplastic pollution and related ecological impacts in the aquatic environment have
attracted global attention over the past decade. Microplastics can be ingested by aquatic …

Is microplastic an oxidative stressor? Evidence from a meta-analysis on bivalves

Z Li, X Chang, M Hu, JKH Fang, IM Sokolova… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution is a major threat to the marine environment attracting attention from
scientific and public communities. Although we have sufficient evidence that microplastic is …

Interfacial interactions between collected nylon microplastics and three divalent metal ions (Cu (II), Ni (II), Zn (II)) in aqueous solutions

S Tang, L Lin, X Wang, A Yu, X Sun - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In water environments, nylon microplastics (MPs) and heavy metals are two kinds of
common pollutants. This study investigated the adsorption of three divalent metals (Cu (II) …

Occurrence of microplastic in livestock and poultry manure in South China

RT Wu, YF Cai, YX Chen, YW Yang, SC Xing… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) contamination in soil has attracted much attention, and increasing
evidence suggests that MPs can accumulate in agricultural soils through fertilization by …

Microplastics altered contaminant behavior and toxicity in natural waters

T Ding, L Wei, Z Hou, J Li, C Zhang, D Lin - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have received an increasing attention because of their ubiquitous
presence and aquatic toxicity associated with MPs and MP-bound contaminants in the …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: Toxicity and impact for the environment and human health

M Llorca, D Álvarez-Muñoz, M Ábalos… - Trends in Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
The so-called marine litter, and in particular microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), are
ubiquitously distributed and recognised as an emerging risk for the environment and human …

Toxicological effects induced on early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio) after an acute exposure to microplastics alone or co-exposed with copper

D Santos, L Félix, A Luzio, S Parra, E Cabecinha… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Data about the toxicological interactions of MPs and heavy metals in biota is limited,
particularly in fish early life stages. This study aimed to evaluate the toxicological effects of …

Metals and marine microplastics: Adsorption from the environment versus addition during manufacture, exemplified with lead

A Turner, L Holmes, RC Thompson, AS Fisher - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
There are two means by which metals associate with microplastics in the aquatic
environment. Firstly, they may be adsorbed to the plastic surface or hydrogenous-biogenic …

Polyethylene microplastics increase the toxicity of chlorpyrifos to the marine copepod Acartia tonsa

J Bellas, I Gil - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Ingestion of microplastics by marine organisms has been well documented, but their
interaction with chemical pollutants has not been sufficiently addressed. The aim of this …

Effects of microplastics and mercury on manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum: feeding rate, immunomodulation, histopathology and oxidative stress

E Sıkdokur, M Belivermiş, N Sezer, M Pekmez… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution, which is one of the most important environmental problems at the present
time, has been understood recently, and the effects of this pollution on ecosystem and biota …