Contamination with plastic debris has been recognized as one of today's major
environmental quality problems. Because most of the sources are land based, concerns are …

For over a decade, life cycle assessment (LCA) has been recognized as a valuable tool for
systematically evaluating the potential environmental impacts of manufactured nanomaterial …

Because of their diverse sizes, shapes, and densities, environmental microplastics are often
perceived as complex. Many studies struggle with this complexity and either address only a …

The consequences that engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) may cause in the environment
have been under investigation for more than 15 years. Hundreds of millions of euros/dollars …

Rice (Oryza sativa L.), a major staple food for billions of people, was assessed for its
phytotoxicity of copper oxide nanoparticle (CuO NPs, size< 50 nm). Under hydroponic …

Emissions of plastic waste to the environment and the subsequent degradation into
microplastic particles that have the potential to interact with biological organisms represent a …

Highlights•Models of nanomaterial release are needed to drive nanomaterial fate
models.•Nanomaterial-specific processes are now being included in fate models.•The form …

Environmental fate and exposure models are a powerful means to integrate information on
chemicals, their partitioning and degradation behaviour, the environmental scenario and the …

Studies have shown that releases of nanoparticles may take place through the life cycle of
products embedding nanomaterials, thus resulting in potential impacts on ecosystems and …

In this study, we systematically investigated the fate and phytotoxicity of carbon nanodots (C-
dots, about 3 nm) in Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), as well as the underlying potential …