Rural areas are exposed to severe environmental pollution issues fed by industrial and
agricultural activities combined with poor waste and sanitation management practices …

People discover various materials from time to time that break the boundaries of traditional
materials. Plastic is a revolutionized material, and is referred to as “a material with 1,000 …

Encounters (or interactions) between plastic debris and wildlife can cause great harm to
individuals and populations. The most common encounters are ingestion, entanglement and …

Plastic pollution represents the most widespread threaten throughout the world and,
amongst aquatic habitats, freshwaters and in particular riparian zones seems to be highly …

The environmental impacts of plastic pollution have recently attracted universal attention,
especially in the aquatic environment. However, research has mostly been focused on …

Microplastic debris is a globally ubiquitous pollutant with diverse consequences for fishes,
ranging from severe negative impacts to neutral, or even, positive effects. In the present …

Although the in vivo toxicity of nanoplastics (NPs) has already been reported in different
model systems, their effects on mammalian behavior are poorly understood. Thus, we aimed …

Environmental pollution by plastic particles is of major global concern, as a potential threat
to aquatic organisms and ecosystems. The accumulation of microplastics in freshwater and …

The plastisphere has been widely studied in the oceans; however, there is little information
on how living organisms interact with the plastisphere in freshwater ecosystems, and …

Although the toxicity of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) is recognized at different
trophic levels, our know-how about their effects on amphibians is limited. Thus, we present …