Critical review of microplastics removal from the environment

R Ahmed, AK Hamid, SA Krebsbach, J He, D Wang - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally, microplastics pollution has become a serious environmental threat due to their
multitude sources, widespread occurrence, persistence, and adverse effects to ecosystem …

Microplastics in urban runoff: Global occurrence and fate

C Wang, D O'Connor, L Wang, WM Wu, J Luo, D Hou - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
Public concerns on microplastic (MP) pollution and its prevalence in urban runoff have
grown exponentially. Huge amounts of MPs are transported from urban environments via …

Microplastic pollution in soils, plants, and animals: a review of distributions, effects and potential mechanisms

X Chang, Y Fang, Y Wang, F Wang, L Shang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing production of synthetic plastics and poor management of plastic wastes have
dramatically increased the amount of plastics in the environment. In 2014, at the first United …

Understanding microplastic pollution of marine ecosystem: a review

S Sharma, A Bhardwaj, M Thakur, A Saini - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Microplastics are emerging as prominent pollutants across the globe. Oceans are becoming
major sinks for these pollutants, and their presence is widespread in coastal regions …

[HTML][HTML] Seeking for a perfect (non-spherical) microplastic particle–the most comprehensive review on microplastic laboratory research

U Rozman, G Kalčíková - Journal of hazardous materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent decades, much attention has been paid to microplastic pollution, and research on
microplastics has begun to grow exponentially. However, microplastics research still suffers …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the novel analytical methods for the determination of microplastics in sand and sediment samples

V Soursou, J Campo, Y Picó - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) form the most investigated plastic category since their size (1 μm-5 mm)
enables them to accumulate in various environmental compartments and to be ingested by …

[HTML][HTML] Identification, characterization, and implications of microplastics in soil–A case study of Bhopal, central India

S Singh, S Chakma, B Alawa… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic contamination in environmental matrices is posing new challenges for scientific
community and general public across the globe. Wide-spectrum application of plastics in …

Microplastic pollution in surface seawater and beach sand from the shore of Rayong province, Thailand: Distribution, characterization, and ecological risk assessment

P Prarat, P Hongsawat - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
The distribution, characteristics, and ecological risk of microplastics in beach sand and
seawater samples collected along the shore of Rayong province, Thailand, were …

Assessment, characterization, and quantification of microplastics from river sediments

B Maheswaran, N Karmegam, M Al-Ansari, R Subbaiya… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP), as a pollutant, is currently posing a biological hazard to the aquatic
environment. The study aims to isolate, quantify, and characterize the MP pollutants in …

The extent of microplastic pollution along the eastern coast of India: Focussing on marine waters, beach sand, and fish

A Mandal, N Singh, A Mondal, M Talib, R Basu… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, for the first time, we evaluated microplastic contamination in water, beach sand,
and fish samples collected from the seven most famous and crowded beaches of the eastern …