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Effects of microplastics on the terrestrial environment: A critical review.

Environmental Research, 2022
Microplastics are emerging contaminants and there has been growing concern regarding their impacts on aquatic and terrestrial environments. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge regarding the sources, occurrences, fates ...
P. D. Dissanayake, Soobin Kim, B. Sarkar, P. Oleszczuk, M. Sang, Md Niamul Haque, Jeahwang Ahn, M. Bank, Y. Ok   +8 more
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Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection.

Water Research, 2017
The continuous increase in synthetic plastic production and poor management in plastic waste have led to a tremendous increase in the dumping into our aqueous environment.
Jingyi Li, Huihui Liu, J. Paul Chen
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Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool

Annals of Internal Medicine, 2019
In the past century, global production of plastics has grown exponentially to more than 350 million tons per year, part of which ends up littering the environment (1, 2). Microplastics are defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm (3).
P. Schwabl, Sebastian Kppel, Philipp Knigshofer, T. Bucsics, M. Trauner, T. Reiberger, B. Liebmann   +6 more
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Microplastics in the marine environment: a review of the methods used for identification and quantification.

Environmental Science and Technology, 2012
V. Hidalgo‐Ruz, L. Gutow, Richard C. Thompson, M. Thiel   +3 more
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The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: a review.

Environmental Pollution, 2013
Stephanie L Wright, Richard C. Thompson, T. Galloway   +2 more
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Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions.

Environment International, 2017
H. Auta, C. U. Emenike, S. Fauziah
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Efficient removal of microplastics from wastewater by an electrocoagulation process

, 2022
Maocai Shen, Yaxin Zhang, Eydhah Almatrafi, Tong Hu, Chengyun Zhou, Song Biao, Zhuotong Zeng, G. Zeng   +7 more
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The plastic in microplastics: A review.

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017
A. Andrady
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Airborne microplastics: Consequences to human health?

Environmental Pollution, 2018
J. C. Prata
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