Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with the potential for adverse impacts
on ecosystems and human health. These particles originate from the fragmentation of larger …

Microplastics are emerging contaminants that have been detected recently in most
environmental and biological systems, yet their health risk for humans has not been clearly …

Microplastics (MPs) are one of the most widespread contaminants worldwide, yet their risks
for freshwater ecosystems have seldom been investigated. In this study, we performed a …

Despite the convenience that plastics provide to society, there have long been concerns
regarding the risks they present to the environment. Microplastics (MPs, plastic particles …

Microplastic pollution is widespread in terrestrial and aquatic environments; however, a
systematic assessment of the ecological risks of microplastics is lacking. This study collected …

Microplastics (MPs) pollution in the Yangtze River Basin (YRB) of China has grown to be a
serious issue, yet there is a lack of understanding of the environmental risks of MPs in the …

Abstract The Laurentian Great Lakes represent important and iconic ecosystems.
Microplastic pollution has become a major problem among other anthropogenic stressors in …

Plastics are pervasive in aquatic ecosystems, in which they circulate in the water column,
accumulate in sediments, and are taken up, retained, and exchanged with their biotic …

Microplastics require a risk assessment framework that takes their multidimensionality into
account while exclusively considering robust data. Therefore, effect tests should use a …

Despite decades of research detailing widespread contamination and potential risks of
microplastics (synthetic particles< 5 mm) to humans and ecosystems by the scientific …