Nanoplastics have attracted increasing attention in recent years due to their widespread
existence in the environment and the potential adverse effects on living organisms. In this …

Microplastic pollution in marine waters around the globe is increasing exponentially. This is
the first comprehensive review which focuses on microplastics as a source and vector for …

Pollution by microplastics and antibiotics is an emerging environmental, human and animal
health threat. In spite of several studies documenting the widespread occurrence of plastic …

Pollution of the environment with plastic debris is a significant and rapidly expanding threat
to biodiversity due to its abundance, durability, and persistence. Current knowledge of the …

Plastics have become omnipresent in the environment due to widespread domestic and
industrial usage. Of an estimated 6.3 billion metric tons of plastic manufactured between …

The steering committee of VKM has self-initiated a mandate for an opinion on microplastics
based on recently published international and/or national reports complemented with …

The Antarctic coastal marine environment is experiencing multiple stressors deriving from
the concomitant effects of global environmental forcings and local disturbances from …

Microplastics are global contaminants and have been ubiquitously detected in water,
atmosphere, sediments, soils, sewage sludge, biota, and foodstuff, primarily as a result of …

Microplastics (MPs) have recently been found to be important contaminants in both marine
and freshwater environments (Cole et al., 2011; do Sul & Costa, 2014; Eerkes-Medrano et …

Recalcitrant polymers are widely distributed in the marine environment. This includes
natural polymers, such as chitin, but also synthetic polymers such as plastics, which are …