Human Exposure to Microplastics and Its Associated Health Risks
Environmental Health, 2023 Microplastics are a globally emerging contaminant in the environment, but little is known about the potential risks of microplastics to human health.
Anqi Sun, Wen-Xiong Wang
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Microplastic effects on plants [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2019 SummaryMicroplastic effects in terrestrial ecosystems have recently moved into focus, after about a decade of research being limited to aquatic systems. While effects on soil physical properties and soil biota are starting to become apparent, there is not much information on the consequences for plant performance.
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Microbial colonization and degradation of marine microplastics in the plastisphere: A review
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Marine microplastic pollution is a growing problem for ecotoxicology that needs to be resolved. In particular, microplastics may be carriers of “dangerous hitchhikers,” pathogenic microorganisms, i.e., Vibrio.
Xinyi Zhai, Xiaohua Zhang, Mingchao Yu
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Identification and quantification of microplastics in wastewater using focal plane array-based reflectance micro-FT-IR imaging [PDF]
, 2015 Microplastics (
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Non-breaking wave effects on buoyant particle distributions [PDF]
, 2020 © The Author(s), 2020. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in DiBenedetto, M. H. Non-breaking wave effects on buoyant particle distributions.
DiBenedetto, Michelle H.
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Sinking microplastics in the water column: simulations in the Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
Ocean Sci., 17, 431-453, 2021, 2021 We study the vertical dispersion and distribution of negatively buoyant rigid microplastics within a realistic circulation model of the Mediterranean sea. We first propose an equation describing their idealized dynamics. In that framework, we evaluate the importance of some relevant physical effects: inertia, Coriolis force, small-scale turbulence and ...
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Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems
Science, 2020 Research shifts from ecotoxicology to ecosystem effects and Earth system ...
Rillig, Matthias C., Lehmann, Anika
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Micro- and nanoplastic pollution of freshwater and wastewater treatment systems [PDF]
, 2017 Plastic waste is a widespread and persistent global challenge with negative impacts on the environment, economy, human health and aesthetics. Plastic pollution has been a focus of environmental research over the past few decades, particularly in relation
Blair, Reina +3 more
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What goes in, must come out:combining scat-based molecular diet analysis and quantification of ingested microplastics in a marine top predator [PDF]
, 2019 Context: Microplastics (plastic particles <5 mm in size) are highly available for ingestion by a wide range of organisms, either through direct consumption or indirectly, via trophic transfer, from prey to predator.
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