Hariharan, G Purvaja, R Anandavelu, I Robin, R S Ramesh, R
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Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Recent studies have shown that organisms including humans are exposed to microplastics directly or indirectly. The present study aims to examine the ingestion of these microplastics and the consequences of the same by studying the accumulation behavior of weathered Polyethylene (wPE) microplastics. The Perna viridis were exposed chronically to thre...
Doucet, Casey V. Labaj, Andrew L. Kurek, Joshua
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Water, Air, & Soil Pollution
Microfibers are now ubiquitous in the environment largely due to the widespread use of natural and synthetic textiles. Many enter aquatic systems through wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent, surface water runoff, and atmospheric deposition, where they persist and may be ingested by filter-feeding organisms. In addition to causing physical da...
Laborda, Francisco Trujillo, Celia Lobinski, Ryszard
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Talanta
Single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (SP-ICP-MS) has become a well-established technique for the detection, size characterization and quantification of inorganic nanoparticles but its use for the analysis of micro- and nanoparticles composed of carbon has been scarce. Here, the analysis of a microplastic suspensions by ICP-M...
Kedzierski, Mikaël Geslain, Edouard Pedrotti, Maria Luiza Ghiglione, Jean-François Bruzaud, Stéphane
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Chemosphere
Spectrometric analysis is one of the most widely used approaches to characterize the chemical nature of microplastics. Despite recent developments, this key step remains time consuming. The aim of this paper is to propose a new method for the pre-detection of microplastics based on mid-infrared imaging. Plastic particles were mixed with sand partic...
Hossain, M Belal Banik, Partho Nur, As-Ad Ujjaman Rahman, Turabur
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Marine pollution bulletin
This study aimed to provide the first description of the presence, quantity, and diversity of microplastics (MPs) in intertidal sediments from the world's longest natural beach, Cox's Bazar. MPs were extracted from 24 surficial sediment samples through the density separation method, and identification was carried out using a stereomicroscope. Resul...
Wang, Zhiqi Gao, Jingfeng Dai, Huihui Zhao, Yifan Li, Dingchang Duan, Wanjun Guo, Yi
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Journal of hazardous materials
Microplastics (MPs) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), as emerging pollutants, are frequently detected in wastewater treatment plants, and their threats to the environment have received extensive attentions. However, the effects of MPs on the nitrification of aerobic granular sludge (AGS) and the spread patterns of intracellular and extracellu...
De Felice, Beatrice Ambrosini, Roberto Bacchetta, Renato Ortenzi, Marco Aldo Parolini, Marco
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Chemosphere
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the main plastic polymers contaminating natural ecosystems. Although PET microplastics (PET-MPs) have been found in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, the information concerning their potential toxicity towards terrestrial organisms is limited. The present study aimed at investigating the ingestion a...
Zheng, Yifan Li, Jingxi Sun, Chengjun Cao, Wei Wang, Menghui Jiang, Fenghua Ju, Peng
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The Science of the total environment
Microplastics, as an emerging pollutant, are widely spread in the oceans. The sampling method is the most basic and important factor affecting the reported microplastic abundance data. Three sampling methods, most commonly used for microplastic collection, including direct filtration with 0.45 μm pore size membrane, 20 μm sieve pre-concentration fo...
Oldenburg, Kirsi S Urban-Rich, Juanita Castillo, Karl D Baumann, Justin H
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Marine pollution bulletin
Ocean plastic pollution is a global problem that causes ecosystem degradation. Crucial knowledge gaps exist concerning patterns in microfiber abundance across regions and ecosystems, as well as the role of these pollutants within the environment. Here, we quantified the abundance of microfibers in coral samples collected from the Belize Mesoamerica...
Nigamatzyanova, Läysän Fakhrullin, Rawil
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Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Microplastics pollution is a serious ecological threat, severely affecting environments and human health. Tackling microplastics pollution requires an effective methodology to detect minute polymer particles in environmental samples and organisms. Here were report a novel methodology to visualise and identify nanoscale (down to 100 nm) and microsca...
