Recent advances on micro/nanoplastic pollution and membrane fouling during water treatment: a review

M Shen, Y Zhao, S Liu, T Hu, K Zheng, Y Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Effluent from sewage treatment plant, as an important source of microplastics (MPs) in
receiving water, has attracted extensive attention. Membrane separation process shows …

Origination, fate, accumulation, impact, of microplastics in a marine ecosystem and bio/technological approach for remediation: a review

M Narayanan - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic's widespread use in everyday life has resulted in massive amounts of plastic waste,
posing a significant environmental burden. Microplastics have been widely dispersed …

[HTML][HTML] Highly effective sustainable membrane based cyanobacteria for uranium uptake from aqueous environment

N Smječanin, M Nuhanović, J Sulejmanović, E Mašić… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater from industrial process of uranium ore mining contains a large amount of this
radioactive pollutant. Regarding the advantages of biosorption, it was found that varieties of …

Occurrence of microplastics in Antarctic fishes: Abundance, size, shape, and polymer composition

W Zhu, N Zhao, W Liu, R Guo, H Jin - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Presence of microplastics (MPs) in Antarctic ecosystems has attracted global attention, due
to the potential threat to the Antarctic marine organisms. However, data on the occurrence of …

Microplastics are overestimated due to poor quality control of reagents

R Bai, R Fan, C Xie, Q Liu, Q Liu, C Yan, J Cui… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics are widely distributed in the environment and pose potential ecological risks,
increasing to be one of the most important environmental pollutants. However, when …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics and disposable face masks as “Trojan Horse” for radionuclides pollution in water bodies–A review with emphasis on the involved interactions

I Ioannidis, V Kinigopoulou, DA Giannakoudakis… - … Chemistry for the …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review article focuses on the interaction of radionuclides (americium-241, uranium-232,
radium-226, neptunium-237, cesium-137, iodine-125, strontium-90, thorium-234, and …

Effects of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics on cell growth, intracellular products and oxidative stress of Scenedesmus sp.

J Jiang, X Cai, H Ren, G Cao, J Meng, D Xing… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has been widely utilized in the synthesis of textile
materials and packaging of foods and beverages. In recent years, it has been commonly …

Americium Sorption by Microplastics in Aqueous Solutions

I Ioannidis, A Xenofontos, I Anastopoulos, I Pashalidis - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The interaction of americium by polyamide (PN6) and polyethylene (PE) microplastics (MPs)
has been investigated in de-ionized and seawater samples traced with the Am-241 isotope …

Microplastics in water: Occurrence, fate and removal

S Chandra, KB Walsh - Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
A global study on tap water samples has found that up to 83% of these contained
microplastic fibres. These findings raise concerns about their potential health risks. Ingested …

Investigating the correlation between morphological features of microplastics (5–500 µm) and their analytical recovery

O Hagelskjær, A Crézé, G Le Roux… - Microplastics and …, 2023 - Springer
As a direct result of laboratory sample manipulation required to identify microplastics (MPs)
within a given matrix, some MPs are inevitably lost. The extent of this loss can be quite …