Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review

AI Osman, M Hosny, AS Eltaweil, S Omar… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastic pollution is becoming a major issue for human health due to the recent
discovery of microplastics in most ecosystems. Here, we review the sources, formation …

Potential health impact of microplastics: a review of environmental distribution, human exposure, and toxic effects

Y Li, L Tao, Q Wang, F Wang, G Li… - Environment & Health, 2023 - ACS Publications
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the global environment. As a typical emerging pollutant, its
potential health hazards have been widely concerning. In this brief paper, we introduce the …

Environmental source, fate, and toxicity of microplastics

C Wang, J Zhao, B Xing - Journal of hazardous materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics are small plastic pieces with sizes less than 5 mm. Due to their widespread
distribution in different environmental compartments, food, and drinking water, microplastics …

Microplastics as carriers of toxic pollutants: Source, transport, and toxicological effects

N Rafa, B Ahmed, F Zohora, J Bakya, S Ahmed… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution has emerged as a new environmental concern due to our reliance on
plastic. Recent years have seen an upward trend in scholarly interest in the topic of …

[HTML][HTML] A review of potential human health impacts of micro-and nanoplastics exposure

JL Xu, X Lin, JJ Wang, AA Gowen - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
This systematic review aims to summarize the current knowledge on biological effects of
micro-and nanoplastics (MNPs) on human health based on mammalian systems. An …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics: Detection in human samples, cell line studies, and health impacts

D Barceló, Y Picó, AH Alfarhan - Environmental toxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are in all environmental compartments, including atmosphere,
terrestrial, and aquatic environments as well as in marine organisms, foods, drinking water …

Steam disinfection releases micro (nano) plastics from silicone-rubber baby teats as examined by optical photothermal infrared microspectroscopy

Y Su, X Hu, H Tang, K Lu, H Li, S Liu, B Xing… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Silicone-rubber baby teats used to bottle-feed infants are frequently disinfected by moist
heating. However, infant exposure to small microplastics (< 10 μm) potentially released from …

Environmental occurrence, fate, impact, and potential solution of tire microplastics: Similarities and differences with tire wear particles

Z Luo, X Zhou, Y Su, H Wang, R Yu, S Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tire microplastics (TMPs) are identified as one of the most abundant types of microplastics,
which originate from rubber with intended or unintended release. While increasing …

Characterization and regulation of microplastic pollution for protecting planetary and human health

YS Jung, V Sampath, M Prunicki, J Aguilera… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are plastic particles< 5 mm in diameter. Since the 1950s, there has been an
exponential increase in the production of plastics. As of 2015, it is estimated that …

土壤环境中微塑料污染: 来源, 过程及风险

杨杰, 李连祯, 周倩, 李瑞杰, 涂晨, 骆永明 - 2021 - ir.yic.ac.cn
土壤环境中微塑料污染问题已成为全球关注的环境问题. 相对于水环境, 土壤环境中微塑料的
研究明显滞后与缺乏. 本文系统综述了土壤环境中微塑料的研究进展与未来需求 …