[HTML][HTML] Effect of microplastics in water and aquatic systems

MN Issac, B Kandasubramanian - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Surging dismissal of plastics into water resources results in the splintered debris generating
microscopic particles called microplastics. The reduced size of microplastic makes it easier …

Wastewater treatment plants act as essential sources of microplastic formation in aquatic environments: a critical review

X Wu, X Zhao, R Chen, P Liu, W Liang, J Wang… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
According to extensive in situ investigations, the microplastics (MPs) determined in current
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are mostly aged, with roughened surfaces and varied …

Microplastics in urban runoff: Global occurrence and fate

C Wang, D O'Connor, L Wang, WM Wu, J Luo, D Hou - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Public concerns on microplastic (MP) pollution and its prevalence in urban runoff have
grown exponentially. Huge amounts of MPs are transported from urban environments via …

Spatiotemporal dynamics of microplastics in an urban river network area

Y Fan, J Zheng, L Deng, W Rao, Q Zhang, T Liu, X Qian - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics contamination in the environment is a global problem, but little is known about
their dynamics in urban river networks, an important site of microplastics occurrence and …

Occurrence and ecological impact of microplastics in aquaculture ecosystems

G Chen, Y Li, J Wang - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Extensive applications of plastic in human life has caused substantial microplastic pollution
in the global environment, which, due to plastic's ubiquitous nature and everlasting …

Microplastic-associated pathogens and antimicrobial resistance in environment

K Kaur, S Reddy, P Barathe, U Oak, V Shriram… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous use of microplastics and their release into the environment especially the
water bodies by anthropogenic/industrial activities are the major resources for microplastic …

Antibiotic residues in wastewaters from sewage treatment plants and pharmaceutical industries: Occurrence, removal and environmental impacts

K Wang, T Zhuang, Z Su, M Chi, H Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Sewage treatment plants (STPs) and pharmaceutical manufactories (PMFs) are recognized
as important reservoirs for aquatic pollution with antibiotics. Although the occurrence of …

[HTML][HTML] The fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: An overview of source and remediation technologies

AS Reddy, AT Nair - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) in everyday consumer products have paved the way for high MPs
concentrations in wastewater. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) s are the significant …

Atmospheric deposition of microplastics in the megalopolis (Shanghai) during rainy season: Characteristics, influence factors, and source

Q Jia, Y Duan, X Han, X Sun, J Munyaneza… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban areas are the hardest hit by microplastic pollution, and deposition is an important part
of microplastic migration and transport in the atmosphere, therefore, the study of …

Extraction and detection methods of microplastics in food and marine systems: a critical review

A Sridhar, D Kannan, A Kapoor, S Prabhakar - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous presence of microplastics as contaminants in the ecosystem has become a
matter of environmental concern gaining considerable attention in the research community …