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Generation, Assessment, and Mitigation of Microplastics
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the issues related to microplastics including their generation, assessment, and mitigation...
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Unravelling protein corona formation on pristine and leached microplastics
Upon entering the environment, the surface properties of pristine plastics are rapidly altered due to interactions with exogenous biomolecules,...
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Microplastics analytics: why we should not underestimate the importance of blank controls
Recent years have seen considerable scientific attention devoted towards documenting the presence of microplastics (MPs) in environmental samples....
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The need for environmentally realistic studies on the health effects of terrestrial microplastics
Plastic pollution is now so widespread that microplastics are regularly detected in biological samples surveyed for their presence. Despite their...
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Matrix Matters: novel insights for the extraction, preparation, and quantitation of microplastics in a freshwater mesocosm study
The extraction and characterization of secondary microplastics, those formed through subjection to the environment, must continuously improve in...
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Identification and characterization of microplastics contamination in domestic sewage wastewater irrigated of Napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) agricultural field
Microplastics (MP) pollution has become a matter of an emerging global pollutant concern due to its numerous harmful effects on the ecosystem,...
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Exploring expert perceptions about microplastics: from sources to potential solutions
Concern about plastic pollution, including microplastics, is high amongst European citizens, and effective actions are needed to reduce microplastic...
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Estimating species sensitivity distributions for microplastics by quantitatively considering particle characteristics using a recently created ecotoxicity database
Estimation of a species sensitivity distribution (SSD) by fitting a statistical distribution to ecotoxicity data is a promising approach to deriving...
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Microplastics in Namibian river sediments – a first evaluation
The African continent is rarely the focus of microplastics research, although the ubiquity of microplastics in the environment is undisputed and...
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Microplastics: Emerging Issues in Emerging Urbanization
Microplastics had been previously excluded from the data on global plastic pollution. Reports of findings from recent years have placed microplastics...
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An advanced analytical approach to assess the long-term degradation of microplastics in the marine environment
Determining the hazards posed by microplastics (MPs, <5 mm) requires an understanding of plastic degradation processes when exposed to environmental...
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Environmental hazard of polypropylene microplastics from disposable medical masks: acute toxicity towards Daphnia magna and current knowledge on other polypropylene microplastics
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the use of disposable plastics, including medical masks, which have become a necessity in our daily lives. As...
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Research recommendations to better understand the potential health impacts of microplastics to humans and aquatic ecosystems
To assess the potential risk of microplastic exposure to humans and aquatic ecosystems, reliable toxicity data is needed. This includes a more...
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Microplastics: a multidimensional contaminant requires a multidimensional framework for assessing risk
The global ubiquity and demonstrated toxicity of microplastics has led governments around the world to express the need for a risk assessment on...
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Status quo of operation procedures for soil sampling to analyze microplastics
Since 2015, the determination of microplastics (MPs; < 5 mm) in soil has gained increasing attention. However, usual analytical protocols still...
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Application of Clay Composites for Microplastics Removal from Environment
Extensive utilization of plastic has resulted in elevated levels of microplastics (MPs) in environment, which requires immediate attention....
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Release and intestinal translocation of chemicals associated with microplastics in an in vitro human gastrointestinal digestion model
The global production of plastic currently exceeds 300 million tonnes per year. The extensive use of plastics and bad waste management has resulted...
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Risk characterization of microplastics in San Francisco Bay, California
Assessing microplastics risk to aquatic ecosystems has been limited by lack of holistic exposure data and poor understanding of biological response...
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Micro-abrasive Surface for Producing Microplastics for Testing
This study aimed to develop a method for producing microplastics in the micrometre range for various biological tests, where the morphology and...
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Evaluation of microplastics sediment sampling techniques—efficiency of common methods and new approaches
Common sediment samplers for microplastics (MP) such as grab samplers or corers are limited to certain grain sizes and known to cause disruption of...
