Marine plastic waste pollution is one of the most urgent global marine environmental
problems worldwide. It has attracted worldwide attention from governments, the public, the …

Microplastics and nanoplastics have become emerging particulate anthropogenic pollutants
and rapidly turned into a field of growing scientific and public interest. These tiny plastic …

Microplastic pollution is a recently discovered threat to ecosystems requiring the
development of new analytical methods. Here, we review classical and advanced methods …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are an important route for microplastics to enter
aquatic environments. Microplastics have been recently identified in sewage samples in …

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 …

In recent years, plastic waste has become a universally significant environmental problem.
Ingestion of food and water contaminated with microplastics is the main route of human …

Only few studies investigated the input of microplastic particles via the atmosphere, so far.
Here, we present results on microplastic concentrations in the atmospheric deposition in the …

Microplastics are widespread contaminants, virtually present in all environmental
compartments. However, knowledge on sources, fate and environmental concentration over …

Microplastics are widely existed in marine and coastal environments, which aroused global
concern in recent years. This review mainly summarized the interactions of organic …

Microplastics, as defined here as plastics with a diameter of< 5 mm, can impose severely
detrimental impacts on the environment and can now be commonly found in different water …