Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review

AI Osman, M Hosny, AS Eltaweil, S Omar… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastic pollution is becoming a major issue for human health due to the recent
discovery of microplastics in most ecosystems. Here, we review the sources, formation …

[HTML][HTML] The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on plastics and human health

PJ Landrigan, H Raps, M Cropper, C Bald… - Annals of Global …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Analysis of microplastics in human feces reveals a correlation between fecal microplastics and inflammatory bowel disease status

Z Yan, Y Liu, T Zhang, F Zhang, H Ren… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Human ingestion of microplastics (MPs) is inevitable due to the ubiquity of MPs in various
foods and drinking water. Whether the ingestion of MPs poses a substantial risk to human …

Effect of microplastics in water and aquatic systems

MN Issac, B Kandasubramanian - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Surging dismissal of plastics into water resources results in the splintered debris generating
microscopic particles called microplastics. The reduced size of microplastic makes it easier …

Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystem: Sources and migration in soil environment

U Surendran, M Jayakumar, P Raja, G Gopinath… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics, especially microplastics in soils, are considered a severe environmental issue
worldwide. However, globally, the main research focus is on microplastic pollution in the …

[HTML][HTML] A review on microplastic emission from textile materials and its reduction techniques

AP Periyasamy, A Tehrani-Bagha - Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2022 - Elsevier
The production and consumption of textiles is continuously increasing due to the growth of
population and fast fashion. Fiber fragments (1 µm–5 mm) released from garments and …

Microplastics in water systems: A review of their impacts on the environment and their potential hazards

H Kye, J Kim, S Ju, J Lee, C Lim, Y Yoon - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Microplastics, the microscopic plastics, are fragments of any type of plastic that are being
produced today as plastic waste originating from anthropogenic activities. Such …

Microplastics as an emerging threat to the global environment and human health

S Ghosh, JK Sinha, S Ghosh, K Vashisth, S Han… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there has been mounting concern about the bearing of microplastics on
human health and the comprehensive natural environment. These particles come from a …

Review of the recent developments in all-cellulose nanocomposites: Properties and applications

S Tanpichai, A Boonmahitthisud, N Soykeabkaew… - Carbohydrate …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cellulose, the most abundant polysaccharide on Earth, has a number of desirable
properties, including availability, biodegradability, low cost, and low toxicity and has been …

A critical review of microplastics in the soil-plant system: Distribution, uptake, phytotoxicity and prevention

Z Zhang, Q Cui, L Chen, X Zhu, S Zhao, C Duan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are creating an emerging threat on the soil ecosystems and are of great
global concern. However, the distribution in soil-plant system, as well as the phytotoxicity …