Microplastics in human food chains: Food becoming a threat to health safety

A Al Mamun, TAE Prasetya, IR Dewi… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
While versatile application of plastics has generated huge benefits in our life, the 'plastic end-
of-life'comes with downsides of emerging concern is plastic particles within all parts of …

Microplastics: a real global threat for environment and food safety: a state of the art review

K Ziani, CB Ioniță-Mîndrican, M Mititelu, SM Neacșu… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microplastics are small plastic particles that come from the degradation of plastics,
ubiquitous in nature and therefore affect both wildlife and humans. They have been detected …

Plastic pollution in the marine environment

GGN Thushari, JDM Senevirathna - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Plastic pollution is recognized as a severe anthropogenic issue in the coastal and marine
ecosystems across the world. Unprecedented and continuous accumulation of growing …

[HTML][HTML] Uptake and transport of micro/nanoplastics in terrestrial plants: Detection, mechanisms, and influencing factors

Z Yu, X Xu, L Guo, R Jin, Y Lu - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
The pervasive dispersion of micro/nanoplastics in various environmental matrices has
raised concerns regarding their potential intrusion into terrestrial ecosystems and, notably …

Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives

L Wang, WM Wu, NS Bolan, DCW Tsang, Y Li… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tiny plastic particles considered as emerging contaminants have attracted considerable
interest in the last few years. Mechanical abrasion, photochemical oxidation and biological …

Microplastics could be a threat to plants in terrestrial systems directly or indirectly

N Khalid, M Aqeel, A Noman - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging threat to ecosystem functioning and biota. The major
sources of MPs are terrestrial and agricultural lands. But their fate, concentration in the …

Are we speaking the same language? Recommendations for a definition and categorization framework for plastic debris

NB Hartmann, T Huffer, RC Thompson, M Hassellov… - 2019 - ACS Publications
The accumulation of plastic litter in natural environments is a global issue. Concerns over
potential negative impacts on the economy, wildlife, and human health provide strong …

Effects of microplastics in soil ecosystems: above and below ground

B Boots, CW Russell, DS Green - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Environmental contamination by microplastics is now considered an emerging threat to
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Soil ecosystems, particularly agricultural land, have …

Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants and metals on micro/nanoplastics in the aquatic environment

F Yu, C Yang, Z Zhu, X Bai, J Ma - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Plastic debris becomes currently a ubiquitous environmental pollutant and is susceptible to
contamination by many other pollutants, including aqueous metals and organic matter. This …

Interactions of microplastics and antibiotic resistance genes and their effects on the aquaculture environments

H Dong, Y Chen, J Wang, Y Zhang, P Zhang… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have become the increasing
attention and global research hotpots due to their unique ecological and environmental …