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 …

In recent years, plastic waste has become a universally significant environmental problem.
Ingestion of food and water contaminated with microplastics is the main route of human …

Micro-and nanoplastics are considered one of the top pollutants that threaten the
environment, aquatic life, and mammalian (including human) health. Unfortunately, the …

Microplastics are of major concerns for society and is currently in the focus of legislators and
administrations. A small number of measures to reduce or remove primary sources of …

Background: Microplastics (MPs) have contaminated all compartments of the marine
environment including biota such as seafood; ingestion from such sources is one of the two …

The ubiquity and high bioavailability of microplastics have an unknown risk on the marine
environment. Biomonitoring should be used to investigate biotic impacts of microplastic …

In recent years, the presence of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) has been
assessed in several environmental matrices, including the marine environment and …

Microplastic contamination in marine organisms is a growing environmental issue with
implications for seafood safety. Among marine organisms, shellfish are considered to be an …

Bivalves are useful bioindicators of microplastic contamination in the marine environment for
several reasons, such as extensive filter feeding activity, broad geographical distribution …

Since microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have started emerging as ubiquitous
contaminants in the environment, a variety of analytical techniques has been developed and …