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Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics [PDF]

Environmental Pollution, 2018
Microplastics and antibiotics are two classes of emerging contaminants with proposed negative impacts to aqueous ecosystems. Adsorption of antibiotics on microplastics may result in their long-range transport and may cause compound combination effects. In this study, we investigated the adsorption of 5 antibiotics [sulfadiazine (SDZ), amoxicillin (AMX),
Jia, Li, Kaina, Zhang, Hua, Zhang
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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

In Vivo Microplastic Detection With Photoacoustic Imaging

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Microplastics are posing an escalating threat to both ecological systems and human health. Yet, current methods for investigating their bioaccumulation are highly invasive, requiring destructive analysis of ex vivo tissues via mass spectrometry, dye labelling, or Raman microspectroscopy.
Joseph C. Bear, Olumide Ogunlade, Jayvian Mavi, Emily J. Deniszczyc, Daolong Chen, Heeva Javaheri, Paul Beard, Mark F. Lythgoe, Daniel J. Stuckey, P. Stephen Patrick   +9 more
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Microplastics

Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, 2023
Plastic production has greatly increased in the past decades and has become central to modern human life. Realization is dawning that plastics break down into smaller pieces resulting in micro-or nanoplastics (MNP) that can enter humans directly via the environment. Indeed, MNP have been detected in every part of the human body, including the placenta,
Hofstede, Lars T., Vasse, Gwenda F., Melgert, Barbro N.   +2 more
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Diversity of Pharmaceuticals Enhances Antibiotic Resistance in the Invertebrate Gut via Biofilm‐Mediated Mechanisms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Pharmaceutical diversity acts as an independent driver of antibiotic resistance in soil invertebrates. While bulk soil remains unaffected, the collembolan gut microbiome exhibits significant resistance gene enrichment under complex chemical exposure and diurnal warming.
Yi‐Fei Wang, Ya‐Ning Wang, Da Lin, Jia‐Yang Xu, Feng‐Yuan Qi, Hui‐Ling Cui, Hui‐Jie Lu, Min Qiao, Edward Topp, Dong Zhu, Matthias C. Rillig, Yong‐Guan Zhu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enzymatic purification of microplastics in soil

, 2021
The Authors Accurate and effective analysis of microplastics depends on the purification of any biogenic matter present in the environmental sample. Within the soil environment, the presence of biogenic materials (living and non-living) obstruct reliable
Pratt, C, Graham Jenkins, Mbachu, O, Kaparaju, P, Prasad Kaparaju, Jenkins, G, Oluchi Mbachu, Chris Pratt   +7 more
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Macrophage Extracellular Traps in Immunity and Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
As a macrophage‐mediated innate defense mechanism, the dysregulated release of METs drives chronic inflammation and influences tumor progression. Furthermore, METs exhibit a functional duality within the tumor microenvironment, capable of both promoting and suppressing tumor development.
Junyao Li, Eugenie Nepovimova, Adam Grundel, Lukas Peter, Qinghua Wu, Kamil Kuca   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Underestimated activity-based microplastic intake under scenario-specific exposures

Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
Despite increasing alarms over the health impacts of microplastics (MPs) due to their detection in human organs and feces, precise exposure evaluations remain scarce.
Kai Liu, Qingqing Li, Anthony L. Andrady, Xiaohui Wang, Yinan He, Daoji Li   +5 more
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Single‐Particle Mid‐Infrared Photothermal Imaging Reveals Hidden Heterogeneity in Real‐World Micro‐ and Nanoplastics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Mid‐infrared photothermal imaging enables multidimensional profiling of micro‐ and nanoplastics in bottled water. A total of 9.9 × 104 particles L−1 is detected, with 64% in the nanoscale regime. Spectral evolution, including peak narrowing and band shifts, reveals local chain reorganization in polyethylene terephthalate (PET), highlighting intrinsic ...
Xinyu Deng, Yongqing Zhang, Xiaobin Tang, Hyeon Jeong Lee, Delong Zhang   +4 more
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Contribution of microplastics to carbon storage in coastal wetland sediments

, 2021
The ubiquitous occurrence of microplastics in coastal habitats is widely reported. As an anthropogenic material with high carbon content, the contribution of microplastics to the coastal sediment carbon stock is still unassessed.
Chen, Zhaoliang, Lee, Shing Yip
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