[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in the soil environment: A critical review

M Sajjad, Q Huang, S Khan, MA Khan, Y Liu… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution of microplastics (MPs) is known to be anthropogenically mediated
menace to biosphere and becoming a debatable concern globally. Large quantities of …

Interactions and effects of microplastics with heavy metals in aquatic and terrestrial environments

N Khalid, M Aqeel, A Noman, SM Khan, N Akhter - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Contamination of waters and soils with microplastics (MPs) is an emerging environmental
issue worldwide. MPs constitute a cocktail of various additives and polymers besides …

Microplastics as a vehicle of heavy metals in aquatic environments: A review of adsorption factors, mechanisms, and biological effects

S Liu, JH Huang, W Zhang, LX Shi, KX Yi, HB Yu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have recently attracted much attention due to their widespread
distribution in the aquatic environment. Microplastics can act as a vector of heavy metals in …

A detailed review study on potential effects of microplastics and additives of concern on human health

C Campanale, C Massarelli, I Savino… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The distribution and abundance of microplastics into the world are so extensive that many
scientists use them as key indicators of the recent and contemporary period defining a new …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks …

LGA Barboza, C Lopes, P Oliveira, F Bessa… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MP) pollution has received increased attention over the last few years.
However, while the number of studies documentating the ingestion of microplastics by fish …

Microplastics in agroecosystems-impacts on ecosystem functions and food chain

ES Okeke, CO Okoye, EO Atakpa, RE Ita… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work reviews microplastic's impact on agroecosystem components and possible effects
on the food chain. Microplastics are sized< 5 µm, made up of diverse chemical constituents …

Microplastics in the environment: intake through the food web, human exposure and toxicological effects

C Pironti, M Ricciardi, O Motta, Y Miele, A Proto… - Toxics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recently, studies on microplastics (MPs) have increased rapidly due to the growing
awareness of the potential health risks related to their occurrence. The first part of this review …

[HTML][HTML] Hazardous metal additives in plastics and their environmental impacts

A Turner, M Filella - Environment International, 2021 - Elsevier
Historically, many additives and catalysts used in plastics were based on compounds of
toxic metals (and metalloids), like arsenic, cadmium, chromium (VI), and lead. Despite …

How ICP-OES changed the face of trace element analysis: Review of the global application landscape

C Douvris, T Vaughan, D Bussan, G Bartzas… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The 50th anniversary of Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-
OES) will be observed in 2024. ICP-OES was first commercially available in 1974, and since …

Interaction of freshwater microplastics with biota and heavy metals: a review

N Naqash, S Prakash, D Kapoor, R Singh - Environmental Chemistry …, 2020 - Springer
The worldwide contamination of waters by microplastics is an emerging health and
environmental issue. Despite being relatively inert, microplastics may adsorb and carry other …