In recent years, plastic waste has become a universally significant environmental problem.
Ingestion of food and water contaminated with microplastics is the main route of human …

Background: Microplastics (MPs) have contaminated all compartments of the marine
environment including biota such as seafood; ingestion from such sources is one of the two …

Abstract “Plastisphere”, microbial communities colonizing plastic debris, has sparked global
concern for marine ecosystems. Microbiome inhabiting this novel human-made niche has …

Microplastics in seafood are an emerging area of seafood safety concern. In this study, we
investigated the presence of microplastics (100 μm–5 mm) in the edible tissues of four …

Plastic contamination is ubiquitous, with plastic found in hundreds of species of aquatic
wildlife, including fish. Lacking a broad and comprehensive view of this global issue across …

Microplastics in commercially important seafood species is an emerging area of food safety
concern. While there have been reports of plastic particles in the gastrointestinal tract of …

Ingestion and egestion of microplastics by copepods in the Black Sea was assessed for the
first time. Composition and concentration of microplastics in the water column was also …

The aquatic ecosystems of the world are highly burdened with microplastics (MPs; particles<
5 mm). There is a great need for better understanding of patterns of MP pollution across …

Abstract Wild fish (Cyprinus carpio, Mugil cephalus, Platichthys flesus) from an estuary of the
NE Atlantic coast were investigated for plastic contamination (N= 128). From the 1289 …

The distribution of marine plastic litter is unequal around the world, some areas being more
polluted. Given that the Arctic is not a highly populated area, very low levels of plastics are …