Advances in microplastics detection: A comprehensive review of methodologies and their effectiveness

B Singh, A Kumar - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has become a significant environmental concern due to their
widespread distribution and potential impact on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Accurate …

Food chain microplastics contamination and impact on human health: a review

CG Eze, CE Nwankwo, S Dey… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Microplastics have been recently detected in many environmental media and living
organisms, yet their transfer and toxicity to humans are poorly known. Here, we review …

[HTML][HTML] Quantification and characterization of microplastics in surface water samples from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean using laser direct infrared imaging

J Hansen, L Hildebrandt, T Zimmermann… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 15 filtration samples were collected at eight locations onboard the RV Sonne
(cruise SO279 in 2020) from 6 m water depth using a fractionated stainless-steel filtration …

Microplastics in Indonesian land and aquatic environment: from research activities to regulation policies

NN Isfarin, ME Fara, HN Krisna, S Machdani… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Indonesia is suspected as one of the largest plastic waste contributors to the ocean,
resulting in microplastic (MP) contamination of the marine environment. Likewise,> 250 MP …

Biodegradation of typical plastics: from microbial diversity to metabolic mechanisms

S Lv, Y Li, S Zhao, Z Shao - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Plastic production has increased dramatically, leading to accumulated plastic waste in the
ocean. Marine plastics can be broken down into microplastics (< 5 mm) by sunlight …

Microplastics in the world oceans and strategies for their control

A Kakade, J Mi, R Long - Reviews of Environmental Contamination and …, 2024 - Springer
Marine ecosystems are the final sinks for plastic debris and microplastics (MPs) arising from
inland sources. Despite the findings from research studies, the overall MPs in all oceans are …

Microplastic accumulation in a lizard species: Observations from the terrestrial environments

A Altunışık, MZ Yıldız, HH Tatlı - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics are a global environmental problem, polluting both aquatic and terrestrial
environments. Terrestrial lizards are suitable model organisms to study human-induced …

[HTML][HTML] Uncovering microplastics contamination in canned seafood

DM Silva, CMR Almeida, FA Guardiola, R Pereira… - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
There is limited research on the occurrence of microplastics (MPs) in canned seafood. All
types of canned seafood investigated in the present study were contaminated. After sample …

Microplastics occurrence in fish from Tocagua Lake, Low Basin Magdalena River, Colombia

L Miranda-Peña, M Urquijo, VA Arana, R García-Alzate… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Following global trends, research to determine the presence and abundance of
microplastics (MPs) in environmental matrices in Colombia has focused on the coastal and …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic characterization in the stomachs of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the western Mediterranean Sea

M Torresi, J Giménez, J Navarro, M Coll… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to quantify the presence of microplastics (MPs) in the stomachs of
large pelagic fish (swordfish, Xiphias gladius, Linnaeus, 1758) sampled in the western …