Bayo, Javier López-Castellanos, Joaquín Olmos, Sonia
Published in
Marine pollution bulletin
This paper discusses about the role of two different wastewater treatment technologies in the abatement of microplastics (MPs) from the final effluent of an urban wastewater treatment plant (WWTP); i.e., membrane bioreactor technology (MBR) and rapid sand filtration (RSF). For this purpose, a WWTP with these two technologies was monitored for 18 mo...
Berov, Dimitar Klayn, Stefania
Published in
Marine pollution bulletin
Although marine plastic litter has been recognized as a global problem, there are insufficient data on the extent of plastic pollution in the Black Sea. The results from this pilot study of the floating marine litter and microplastics along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast revealed high quantities of floating litter (60.3-93.8 items.km-2). The micropl...
Zhao, Hua-Jin Xu, Jian-Kang Yan, Ze-Hua Ren, Hong-Qiang Zhang, Yan
Published in
Environment international
Coexposure of MPs and other contaminants adsorbed from the environment has raised many attentions, but the understanding of the combined effects of MPs and plastic additives are limited. Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), a widely used synthetic phenolic antioxidant in plastics, has gained high concerns due to their unintended environmental release an...
Edo, Carlos González-Pleiter, Miguel Tamayo-Belda, Miguel Ortega-Ojeda, Fernando E Leganés, Francisco Fernández-Piñas, Francisca Rosal, Roberto
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The Science of the total environment
We studied the occurrence of microplastics in sediments of artificially and non-artificially recharged lagoons from the network of endorheic wetlands called "La Mancha Húmeda", declared Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO. The particles sampled in this study covered the 25 μm-5 mm range. Films were the dominant microplastic typology in non-artificially rec...
Järlskog, Ida Strömvall, Ann-Margret Magnusson, Kerstin Gustafsson, Mats Polukarova, Maria Galfi, Helen Aronsson, Maria Andersson-Sköld, Yvonne
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The Science of the total environment
Tire and road wear particles have been identified as a potential major source of microplastics in the environment. However, more knowledge of the emissions and their further fate in the environment is needed, and the effectiveness and benefits of potential measures must be investigated to support future risk management efforts. Here the concentrati...
Feng, Zhihua Zhang, Tao Shi, Huahong Gao, Kunshan Huang, Wei Xu, Juntian Wang, Jiaxuan Wang, Rui Li, Ji Gao, Guang
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Published in
Journal of hazardous materials
Macroalgal blooms and marine microplastics (MPs), as global challenges for oceans, are both showing a rising trend. However, none is known regarding the interaction of these two important issues. The Yellow Sea suffers the world's largest green tides and severe MPs pollution as well. Therefore, we tracked the trapping of MPs by drifting Ulva prolif...
Lehner, Roman Wohlleben, Wendel Septiadi, Dedy Landsiedel, Robert Petri-Fink, Alke Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara
Published in
Archives of toxicology
The plausibility of human exposure to microplastics has increased within the last years. Microplastics have been found in different food types including seafood, salt, sugar and beverages. So far, human health effects of microplastics after ingestion are unknown. Herein, we designed a novel, three-dimensional in vitro intestinal model consisting of...
Feng, Zhihua Wang, Rui Zhang, Tao Wang, Jiaxuan Huang, Wei Li, Ji Xu, Juntian Gao, Guang
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The Science of the total environment
Sea urchins serve as an essential niche for benthic ecosystems and are valuable seafood for humans. However, little is known about the microplastics (MPs) accumulation in sea urchins. Here, we investigated the abundances and characteristics of MPs in specific tissues of wild sea urchins for 12 sites across 2, 900 km of coastlines in northern China....
Ouyang, Wei Zhang, Yu Wang, Li Barceló, Damià Wang, Yidi Lin, Chunye
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Journal of hazardous materials
Microplastic particles between 10 μm and 1 mm in the marine environment have attracted international attention due to their potential health risk. Based on the current field investigations and source identification studies, the transport pattern from territorial to marine environments is comparatively unknown. Acetochlor concentrations and the micr...
Schmieg, Hannah Huppertsberg, Sven Knepper, Thomas P. Krais, Stefanie Reitter, Katharina Rezbach, Felizitas Ruhl, Aki S. Köhler, Heinz-R. Triebskorn, Rita
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Environmental Sciences Europe
BackgroundThere has been a rising interest within the scientific community and the public about the environmental risk related to the abundance of microplastics in aquatic environments. Up to now, however, scientific knowledge in this context has been scarce and insufficient for a reliable risk assessment. To remedy this scarcity of data, we invest...
