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Microplastics
Microplastics in the environment: A critical overview on its fate, toxicity, implications, management, and bioremediation strategies
2023
Aswin Thacharodi, Ramu Meenatchi, Saqib Hassan, Naseer Hussain, Mansoor Ahmad Bhat, Jesu Arockiaraj, Huu Hao Ngo, Quynh Hoang Le, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi
Aquatic ecosystems
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bioremediation
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Ecotoxicity
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Marine life
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Microplastics
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policies
Environment
Governance
Potential sources and occurrence of macro-plastics and microplastics pollution in farmland soils: A typical case of China
2023
Siyang Ren, Kai Wang, Jinrui Zhnag, Zingjing Li, Hanyue Zhnag, Ruimin Qui, Wen Xu, Changrong Yan, Xuejun Liu, Fusuo Zhnag, Davy L Jones, David R Chadwick
China
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Farmlands
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macroplastics
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Microplastics
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Quantitative method
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Source apportionment
Environment
Microplastic pollution profile in the Indian Ocean of the Southern Java Island, Indonesia
2023
Luqman Hakim, Adelia Anju Asmara, Riska Yoga Priambodo, Yong Jie Wong
Indian Ocean
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Indonesia
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Java Island
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Microplastics
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Microplastics pollution
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Physicochemical properties
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South coast
Environment
Microplastic pollution in marine environments: Exploring sources, sinks, and consequences with a focus on algal interactions
2023
Vanesa N. Salomone, Victoria Passucci, María M. Areco
Algal interactions
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Human Health
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Marine environment
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Microplastic pollution
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Microplastics
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phycoremediation
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Sources
Environment
Technology
Detection and quantification of microplastics in Posidonia oceanica banquettes in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia
2023
Bilel Hassen, Dhouha Belhaj Sghaier, Emna Matmati, Radhia Mraouna, Monia El Bour
fragments
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Gulf of Gabes
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Microplastics
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NMR Spectroscopy
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Plasticizer contamination
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polymer
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Posidonia oceanica
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Seagrass
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Tunisia
Environment
Meso- and microplastic composition, distribution patterns and drivers: A snapshot of plastic pollution on Brazilian beaches
2023
Tamyris Pegado, Ryan Andrades, Eurico Mesquita Noleto Filho, Simone Franceschini, Marcelo Soares, David Chelazzi, Tommaso Russo, Tania Martellini, Angelica Barone, Alessandra Cincinelli, Tommaso Giarrizzo
Brazil
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Meso and microplastic
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Microplastics
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polypropylene
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polystyrene
Environment
Formation, behavior, properties and impact of micro- and nanoplastics on agricultural soil ecosystems (A Review)
2023
Anton F. Astner, Alexis B. Gillmore, Yingxue Yu, Markus Flury, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Sean M. Schaeffer, Douglas G. Hayes
Agricultural ecosystems
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Ecotoxicity
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Plasticulture
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Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
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polyethylene
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Soil fauna
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Soil health
Environment
Occurrence and sources of microplastics on Arctic beaches: Svalbard
2023
Tesni Lloyd-Jones, Jonathan J. Dick, Timothy P. Lane, Eoghan M. Cunningham, Konstadinos Kiriakoulakis
Arctic beaches
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Microplastics
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Norway
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Pollution
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Svalbard
Environment
New insights in to the environmental behavior and ecological toxicity of microplastics
2023
Shah Saud, Aoao Yang, Zhaoyu Jiang, Du Ning, Shah Fahad
Analytical methods
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Distribution
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Ecological toxicity
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Environmental behavior
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Microplastics
Environment
Microplastic pollution distribution: Differences between marine reserves and urbanised areas
2023
Marta Ribó, Sally J. Watson, Nina I. Novikova, Stacy Deppeler, Sarah Seabrook, Rachel Hale, Lorna J. Strachan
Coral reefs
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Marine Protected Areas
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Microplastics
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New Zealand
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Plastic pollution
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Pollution hotspots
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Sinks
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Traps
Environment
Do coral reefs act as sinks for microplastics?
2023
Marcelo O. Soares, Lucia Rizzo, Antonio Rodrigues Ximenes Neto, Yasmin Barros, José Eduardo Martinelli Filho, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Emanuelle F. Rabelo
Coral reefs
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ecosystems
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Pollution hotpots
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Sinks
Environment
Microplastics in soil: Current status and evaluation of the greenness of various analytical methods of identification
2022
Vara Prasda Kasa, Anjaly P Thomas, Sanandam Bordoloi, Goldy De Bhowmick, Brajesh Kumar Dubey, Ajith K Sarmah
Green methods
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Microplastics
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Quantification
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Sustainability
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Terrestrial ecosystem
Environment
Microparticles and microplastics contamination in African table salts
2021
Oluniyi O. Fadare, Elvis D. Okoffo, Emmanuel F. Olasehinde
Africa
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FT-IRSEM
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Human food chain
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Micro fibres
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Microplastics
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Microplastics contamination
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Table salt
Environment
Microplastics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A review on current status and perspectives
2022
Carolina Orona-Návar, Raul García-Morales, Frank J. Loge, Jürgen Mahlknecht, Iris Aguilar-Hernández, Nancy Ornelas-Soto
aquatic systems
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Caribbean
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Coastlines
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Latin America
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Microplastics
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microplastics research
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Organisms
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sediments
Environment
Microplastic burden in Africa: A review of occurrence, impacts, and sustainability potential of bioplastics
2022
Emmanuel Sunday Okeke, Oluwatosin Atinuke Olagbaju, Charles Obinwanne Okoye, Charles Izuma Addey, Kingsley Ikechukwu Chukwudozie, Joseph Onyekwere Okoro, Gideon Gywa Deme, David Ewusi-Mensah, Eghosa Igun, Elijah Chibueze Odii, Olayinka Oderinde, Veronica Chisom Iloh, Solomon Abesa
Africa
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Bioplastics
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Ecosystem
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Environmental pollution
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Microplastics
Environment
Microplastic Pollution in EU Farmland Soils: Preliminary Findings from Agricultural Soils (Southwestern Poland)
2023
Agnieszka Medynska-Juraszek, Anna Szczepańska
agricultural soils
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Contaminations
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Farmlands
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Microplastics
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Occurrence
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Poland
Environment
Widespread microplastic pollution in Indiana, USA, rivers
2023
Whitney M. Conard, Katherine E. O'Reilly, Carson Hartlage, Gary A. Lamberti
fibres
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Indiana
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Landscape
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Landuse
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Microplastic pollution
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Microplastics
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Rivers
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USA
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Watershed
Environment
Microplastic occurrence and ecological risk assessment in the eight outlets of the Pearl River Estuary, a new insight into the riverine microplastic input to the northern South China Sea
2023
Hoi Shan Chau, Shaopeng Xu, Yue Ma, Qi Wang, Yaru Cao, Guangling Huang, Yuefei Ruan, Meng Yan, Mengyang Liu, Kai Zhang, Paul K.S. Lam
China
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Concurrent sampling strategy
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Flux
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Microplastics
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Pearl River Estuary
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Risk Assessment
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Riverine input
Environment
First evidence of microplastic contamination in ready-to-use packaged food ice cubes
2023
V.C. Shruti, Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy, Fermín Pérez-Guevara, Priyadarsi D. Roy, I. Elizalde-Martínez
Food contamination
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Ice cubes
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Mexico
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Microplastics
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Packaged food
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Ready to use
Environment
Are there plastic particles in my sugar? A pioneering study on the characterization of microplastics in commercial sugars and risk assessment
2023
Sadia Afrin, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Nayon Hossain, Md. Khabir Uddin, Guilherme Malafaia
Bangladesh
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Commercial brands
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Dhaka
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Human Health
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Ingestion
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Microplastics
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Plastic particles
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Sugar
Environment
A Scientific Approach to the Occurrence, Isolation, and Characterization of Existing Microplastic Pollution in the Marine Environment—a Review
2023
Girija Prasad, Smita Mohanty, Sanjay K.Nayak, Girija K.Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty
analysis
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Extraction
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FTIR
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Marine environment
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Microplastics
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Sampling
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Spectroscopy
Environment
Formation, behavior, properties and impact of micro- and nanoplastics on agricultural soil ecosystems (A Review)
2023
Anton F. Astner, Alexis B. Gillmore, Yingxue Yu, Markus Flury, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Sean M. Schaeffer, Douglas G. Hayes
Agricultural ecosystems
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Ecotoxicity to crops and soil fauna
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Plasticulture
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Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
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polyethylene
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Soil health
Environment
Origination, fate, accumulation, and impact, of microplastics in a marine ecosystem and bio/technological approach for remediation: A review
2023
Mathiyazhagan Narayanan
Aquatic organisms
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bioremediation
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Food
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Human Health
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marine ecosystem
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Microplastics
Technology
Microplastics in Mediterranean Seawater
2023
Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò, Teresa Bottari
distribution process
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fate
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Mediterranean Sea
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Microplastics
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sea surface
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seawater column
Environment
Seasonal distribution of microplastics in the surface waters of the Yellow Sea, China
2023
Weiwei Zhang, Shoufeng Zhang, Ling Qu, Maowei Ju, Cheng Huo, Juying Wang
China
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Microplastics
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Seasonal abundance
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seasonal distribution
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Yellow sea
Environment
Ecological risks of microplastics contamination with green solutions and future perspectives
2023
Aziz Khan, Zheng Jie, Jing Wang, Jaya Nepal, Najeeb Ullah, Ze-Ying Zhao, Peng-Yang Wang, Wiqar Ahmad, Adnan Khan, Wei Wang, Meng-Ying Li, Wei Zhang, Mohammad Soliman Elsheikh, Youcai Xiong
Green House Gas emissions
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Microplastics
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Mulching
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Plastic waste Management
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Plasticulture
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Sustainability
Environment
Distribution of microplastics in the catchment region of Pallikaranai marshland, a Ramsar site in Chennai, India☆
2023
Angel Jessieleena, Indumathi M. Nambi
Chennai
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India
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Microplastics
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Pallikaranai marshland
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Ramsar site
Environment
Occurrence, distribution, and characteristics of microplastics in agricultural soil around a solid waste treatment center in southeast China
2023
Xi Liu, Huirong Lin, Sheng Xu, Yu Yan, Ruilian Yu, Gongren Hu
Agricultural soil
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Agroecosystems
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China
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Distribution
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Microplastics
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Safety
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solid waste treatment center
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Sources
Environment
Identifying opportunities for harmonized microplastics and mesoplastics monitoring for Caribbean Small Island Developing States using a spatiotemporal assessment of beaches in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas
2023
Kristal K. Ambrose, Tony R. Walker
Caribbean SIDS
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Global Plastics Treaty
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Mesoplastics
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Microplastics
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monitoring
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Plastic pellets
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The Bahamas
Environment
Distribution characteristics and correlation of macro- and microplastics under long-term plastic mulching in northwest China
2023
Junhao Cao, Xiaodong Gao, Qi Hu, Changjian Li, Xiaolin Song, Yaohui Cai, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Xining Zhao
China
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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
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macroplastics
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Microplastics
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Plastic mulching
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Soil
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Soil depth
Environment
Technical
Microplastics in the Food Chain
2023
Chamila V.L Jayasinghe, Sharmila Jayatilake, H. Umesh K.D.Z Rajapakse, N.K Sandunika Kithmini, K.M Prakash M.Kulathunga
Alternative packing materials
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Food chain
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Food value chain
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Microplastics
Environment
Quantitative assessment of microplastic contamination in muddy shores of Gulf of Khambhat, India
2023
Vasantkumar Rabari, Krupal Patel, Heris Patel, Ashish Patel, Snehal Bagtharia, Jigneshkumar Trivedi
Gujarat coastline
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Gulf of Khambhat
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India
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Microplastics
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Photodegradation
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Plastic pollution
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quantitative analysis
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Risk analysis
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Soil analysis
Environment
Public perception of microplastics on a popular Chinese social media platform
2023
Yinglin Wu, Donghui Mo, Jing Liu, Zitong Li, Xiaoli Chen, Ling Xie
China
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Environmental Awareness
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Microplastics
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Plastic usage
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Pollution control
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Public perception
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Social media
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WeChat
Environment
Society
Seasonal and spatial variations in the distribution pattern, sources and impacts of microplastics along different coastal zones of Tamil Nadu, India
2023
K. Immaculate Jeyasanta, M. Jayanthi, R.L. Laju, Jamila Patterson, Deepak S. Bilgi, Narmatha Sathish, J.K. Patterson Edward
coast
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Diversity
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India
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Microplastics
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Risk Assessment
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Seasonal variation
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Tamil Nadu
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Water and sediment
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Weathering
Environment
Sustainable management of drinking plastic straws is required to reduce plastic pollution: Are we using them more during COVID-19?
2023
Tadele Assefa Aragaw
COVID-19
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Drinking plastic straws
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Health risks
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Microplastics
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Plastic litters
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Plastic management
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Sustainable alternatives
Environment
Evidence of microplastics in groundwater: A growing risk for human health
2023
Sarawut Sangkham, Md Aminul Islam, Sangeet Adhikari, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Pornpun Sakunkoo, Prosun Bhattacharya, Ananda Tiwari
Groundwater
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Groundwater contamination
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Human Health
|
Microplastics
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polystyrene
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Polyvinly chloride
Environment
Agricultural Plastic Mulching as a Source of Microplastics in the Terrestrial Conditions
2023
Mónica Calero, Mario J. Muñoz, Rafael R. Solís, Emilio J. Lozano, Verónica Godoy, Ángeles Martín-Lara,
Agricultural plastics
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Biodegradable plastics
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Microplastics
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Mulching
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persistent organic pollutants
Environment
Impact of plastic film mulching on microplastic in farmland soils in Guangdong province, China
2023
Bibo Long, Fayong Li, Ke Wang, Yaozhu Huang, Youjun Yang, Dong Xie
China
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Farmland soils
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Laser direct infrared chemical imaging system
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Macroplastic residues
|
Microplastics
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Plastic film mulching
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Pollution load index model
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Polymer hazard index model
Environment
Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Organisms: An Ecotoxicological Perspective
2023
Udai Ram Gurjar, Suman Takar, Adnan Amin, K. A. Martin Xavier
Aquatic organisms
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Bioaccumulation
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Health
|
Microplastics
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Toxicity
Environment
Impact of microfiber pollution on aquatic biota: A critical analysis of effects and preventive measures
2023
K.K. Priya, H. Thilagam, T. Muthukumar, S. Gopalakrishnan, Muthusamy Govarthanan
Aquatic environment
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Emerging contaminant
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Microfibres
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Microplastics
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Personal protective equipments
Environment
Removal characteristics of microplastics in sewage flowing through a long-term operation surface flow wetland
2023
Le Zhang, Jingxin Wang, Xia Gong, Yaohua Song, Danping Li, Huajun Huang, Chenglong Yu, Ximei Liang, Hansun Fang
China
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Jiangxi Agricultural University
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Jiangxi Province
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Microplastics
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Nanchang city
|
Removal efficiencies
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Removal mechanisms
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Sewage treatment
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Surface Flow Wetland
Environment
Microplastics pollution studies in India: A recent review of sources, abundances and research perspectives
2023
P. Karthikeyan, M. Subagunasekar
Biota
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Estuaries
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India
|
Microplastics
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Sea salt
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sediments
Environment
Microplastics are transferred by soil fauna and regulate soil function as material carriers
2023
Yunchao Luo, Lin Wang, Tingting Cao, Junxiu Chen, Meiqi Lv, Sijie Wei, Shangxian Lu, Xingjun Tian
Agricultural plastic
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China
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Fauna
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Material carrier
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Microplastic migration
|
Microplastics
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Nutrients
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Ripple effect
|
Soil environment
|
Springtail
Environment
The effects of riverside cities on microplastics in river water: A case study on the Southern Jiangsu Canal, China
2023
Xi Jin, Xindi Fu, Wenjing Lu, Hongtao Wang
Canal
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China
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Cities
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Freshwater
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Microplastic abundance
|
Microplastics
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River
|
Urban area
|
wastewater treatment plants
Environment
Distribution and weathering characteristics of microplastics in paddy soils following long-term mulching: A field study in Southwest China
2023
Jie Yang, Kaifu Song, Chen Tu, Lianzhen Li, Yudong Feng, Ruijie Li,Hua Xu, Yongming Luo
Agriculture
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China
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Distribution
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Microplastics
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Mulching
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Paddy soil
|
Plastic films
|
Weathering characteristics
Environment
Nanoplastics are significantly different from microplastics in urban waters
2023
Zhijie Chen, Xingdong Shi, Jiaqi Zhang, Lan Wu, Wei Wei, Bing-Jie Ni
Characterization
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Eco-impacts
|
Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
|
Plastic pollution
|
Urban water
Environment
Unfolding the science behind policy initiatives targeting plastic pollution
2023
Maria Bille Nielsen, Lauge Peter Westergaard Clausen, Richard Cronin,Steffen Foss Hansen, Nikoline Garner Oturai, Kristian Syberg
Impact Assessment
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Marine litter
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Policy initiatives
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Single use plastic
Governance
A critical review on recent research progress on microplastic pollutants in drinking water
2023
K. Nirmala, Gayathri Rangasamy, M. Ramya, V. Uma Shankar, G. Rajesh
Bioaccumulation
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Drinking water
|
Food chain
|
Microplastics
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
Plastics in agriculture- An environmental challenge
2022
Elaine Baker, Kristina Thygesen
biodegradable mulch
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Biodegradable plastics
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fertilizer
|
Microplastics
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Soil
|
wastewater treatment plants
Environment
Current knowledge on the presence, biodegradation, and toxicity of discarded face masks in the environment
2023
Ana M.Oliveira, Ana L. Patrício Silva, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Damià Barceló, Armando C. Duarte, Teresa Rocha-Santos
Biodegradation
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COVID-19
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face masks
|
Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
|
Protective equipment
|
Toxicity
Governance
Microplastics toxicity, detection, and removal from water/wastewater
2023
Kayode Adesina Adegoke, Folasade Abimbola Adu, Abel Kolawole Oyebamiji, Abayomi Bamisaye, Rasheed Adewale Adigun, Samule Olaniyi, Olasoji, Oluwasayo Esther Ogunjinmi
Mechanisms
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Microplastics
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Pollution
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Removal technologies
|
Wasterwater
Technology
Personal protective equipment (PPE) disposal during COVID-19: An emerging source of microplastic and microfiber pollution in the environment
2022
Muhammad Tariq Khan, Izaz Ali Shah, Md Faysal Hossain,Nasrin Akther, Yanbo Zhou,Muhammad Sajawal Khan, Muayad Al-shaeli, Muhammad Suleman Bacha, Ihsanullah Ihsanullah
COVID-19
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Health risks
|
Microfibers
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Microplastics
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personal protective equipment
Environment
Impact of plastic mulching as a major source of microplastics in agroecosystems
2022
Noreen Khalid, Muhammad Aqeel, Ali Noman, Zarin Fatima Rizvi
Agroecosystems
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crop productivity
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Heavy metals
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microbial pathogens
|
Microplastics
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persistent organic pollutants
|
Plastic mulching
Environment
Microplastic intrusion into the zooplankton, the base of the marine food chain: Evidence from the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean
2022
Prasun Goswami, Narasimman Selvakumar, Pankaj Verma, Mahua Saha, V. Suneel, Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar, Gopal Dharani, Chayanika Rathore, Jibananand Nayak,
Arabian Sea
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Bioavailability
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Food web
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India
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Indian Ocean
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Ingestion
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Microplastics
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Zooplankton
Environment
Microplastic contamination in commercial fish species in southern coastal region of India
2022
Thilagam Ramakrishnan, Madhuvandhi Janardhanam, Priya Sivakumar, Rekha Sivakumar, Krishnamurthy Rajamanickam, Thiagarajan Raman, Muthukumar Thangavelu, Govarthanan Muthusamy, Gopalakrishnan Singaram
Adyar
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Ennore
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Fish species
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Food safety
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Human Health
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India
|
Microplastics
Environment
Microplastic contamination and characteristics of agricultural groundwater in Haean Basin of Korea
2022
Jihye Cha, Jin-Yong Lee, Rogers Wainkwa Chia
Agricultural irrigation
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Fertilizers
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Groundwater
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Haean Basin
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Korea
|
Microplastics
Environment
Seasonal distribution and abundance of microplastics in the coastal sediments of north eastern Arabian sea
2023
Udai Ram Gurjar, K. A. Martin Xavier, Satya Prakash Shukla, Suman Takar, Ashok Kumar Jaiswar, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Binaya Bhushan Nayak
Anthropogenic
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Arabian Sea
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India
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Microplastics
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seasonal distribution
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sediments
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storm water
Environment
Spatial, seasonal and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in sediment and surface water along the Thoothukudi, south Tamil Nadu, south east India
2022
Kalaiselvan Keerthika, Pandurangan Padmavathy, Velu Rani, Robinson Jeyashakila, Samraj Aanand, Ranjeet Kutty
India
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Microplastics
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Monitoring and assessment
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Seasonal
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Spatial
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Surface water
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Tamil Nadu
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Thoothukudi
Environment
A review on microplastic pollution research in India
2022
Chingakham Chinglenthobia, Bitassori Pukhrambam, Kangabam Thoibisana Chanu, Khaidem Sonika Devi, Naorem Jemes Meitei, Yumnam Devika, Suresh Valiyaveetil
Environmental pollution
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India
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Indian coastal environment
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Sample collection
Technology
Microplastics and nanoplastics in agriculture – A potential source of soil and groundwater contamination?
2022
Christian Moeck, Grace Davies, Stefan Krause, Uwe Schneidewind
agricultural soils
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agrochemical
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groundwater systems
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
Technology
Characteristics of microplastics in the beach sediments of Marina tourist beach, Chennai, India
2022
S. Venkatramanan, S.Y. Chung, S. Selvam, K. Sivakumar, G.R. Soundhariya, Hussam Eldin Elzain, Md. Simul Bhuyan
Beach sediments
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Chennai
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India
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Marina beach
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Microplastics
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Particle colour
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Particle type
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Polymer components
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Polymer sediments
Environment
Microplastic pollution in coastal ecosystem off Mumbai coast, India
2022
Udai Ram Gurjar, K.A Martin Xavier, Satya Prakash Shukla, Ashok Kumar Jaiswar, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Binaya Bhusan Nayak
India
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Marine biota
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Microplastics
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Mumbai
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Pollution
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Water and sediment
Environment
Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: abundance, sources, and mitigation
2022
Florin-Constantin Mihai, Sedat Gündoğdu, Farhan R. Khan, Arianna Olivelli, Laura A. Markley, Tim van Emmerik,
circular economy
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freshwater pollution
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marine pollution
|
Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
|
Waste management
Environment
Face masks related to COVID-19 in the beaches of the Moroccan Mediterranean: An emerging source of plastic pollution
2022
Bilal Mghili, Mohamed Analla, Mustapha Aksissou
COVID-19
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Mask
|
Mediterranean
|
Microplastics
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Morocco
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
Plastic pollution in the Arctic
2022
Melanie Bergmann, France Collard, Joan Fabres, Geir W. Gabrielsen, Jennifer F. Provencher, Chelsea M. Rochman, Erik van Sebille & Mine B. Tekman
aquatic systems
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Artic Plastic debris
|
Canada
|
Finland
|
Greenland
|
Iceland
|
Microplastics
|
Norway
|
Russia
|
Sweden
|
terrestrial environment
|
United States of America
Environment
Marine Plastic Pollution: Chemical aspects and possible solutions
2021
Hideshige Takada, Misaki Koro & Charita S. Kwan
Additive
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Anthropocene
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Endocrine disrupting additives
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
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marine plastic pollution
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Microplastics
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
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POPs
|
Sediment
Environment
The status of marine debris/litter and plastic pollution in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME): 1980–2020
2022
La Daana K. Kanhai, Hamish Asmath, Judith F. Gobin
Caribbean
|
Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME)
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Central America
|
Marine debris
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Marine litter
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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several Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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South America
Environment
Microplastics mulch film affects the environmental behavior of adsorption and degradation of pesticide residues in soil
2022
Changcai Wu, Shaodong Pan, Yongpan Shan, Yajie Ma, Dan Wang, Xianpeng Song, Hongyan Hu, Xiangliang Ren, Xiaoyan Ma, Jinjie Cui, Yan Ma
aged mulch microplastics
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biodegradable mulch microplastics
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China
|
flumioxazin
|
imidacloprid
|
Microplastics
|
mulch microplastics
|
pesticide residues
|
pesticides
|
Plastic pollution
|
Soil
|
soil ecosystems
|
Xinjiang
Technology
Baseline assessment of microplastic concentrations in marine and freshwater environments of a developing Southeast Asian country, Viet Nam
2021
Emilie Strady, Thi Ha Dang, Thanh Duong Dao, Hai Ngoc Dinh, Thi Thanh Dung Do, Thanh Nghi Duong, Thi Thuy Duong, Duc An Hoang, Thuy Chung Kieu-Le, Thi Phuong Quynh Le, Huong Mai, Dang Mau Trinh, Quoc Hung Nguyen, Quynh Anh Tran-Nguyen, Quoc Viet Tran, Tran Nguyen Sang Truong, Van Hai Chu, Van Chi Vo
Aquatic environment
|
Assessments
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Microplastics
|
Vietnam
Technology
Addressing marine litter and microplastics: UN system-wide contributions- A Synthesis Report by the United Nations Environment Management Group
2022
United Nations Environment Management Group
Governance
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Marine litter
|
Microplastics
|
UNEP
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United Nations Environment Management Group
Governance
Disease-Causing Parasites May Hitch a Ride on Plastics and Spread in the Sea
2022
Karen Shapiro and Emma Zhang
biofilms
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Disease causing parasites
|
Microplastics
|
Pathogen
|
Sea
Environment
Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood
2022
Heather A. Leslie, Martin J.M. van Velzen, Sicco H. Brandsma, A. Dick Vethaak, Juan J. Garcia-Vallejo, Marja H. Lamoree,
Blood
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Human whole blood
|
Microplastics
|
Nanoplastic
|
Netherlands
Environment
Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta
2021
Antonio Ragusa, Alessandro Svelato, Criselda Santacroce, Piera Catalano, Valentina Notarstefano, Oliana Carnevali, Fabrizio Papa, Mauro Ciro Antonio Rongioletti, Federico Baiocco, Simonetta Draghi, Elisabetta D'Amore, Denise Rinaldo, Maria Matta, Elisabetta Giorgini
Human placenta
|
Italy
|
Microplastics
|
Raman microspectroscopy
Environment
Marine Plastic Pollution: Chemical Aspects and Possible Solutions
2021
Hideshige Takada , Misaki Koro, and Charita S. Kwan.
Additives
|
Anthropocene
|
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
|
Microplastics
|
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
|
Sediment
Micro-plastic pollution along the Bay of Bengal coastal stretch of Tamil Nadu, South India
2021
T. G. Sunitha, V. Monisha, S. Sivanesan, M. Vasanthy, M. Prabhakaran, K. Omine, V. Sivasankar, A. Darchen
Bay of Bengal
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India
|
Marina beach
|
Microplastics
|
Microscopic quantification
|
SEM/EDS
|
South India
|
Tamil Nadu
Environment
Tracing the fate of microplastic carbon in the aquatic food web by compound-specific isotope analysis
2019
Taipale, S.J., Peltomaa, E., Kukkonen, J.V.K., Kainz, M. J., Kautonen, P. & Tiirola M.
analysis
|
microplastic carbon
|
Microplastics
Technology
Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species
2021
Cinzia Corinaldesi, Sara Canensi, Antonio Dell’Anno, Michael Tangherlini, Iole Di Capua, Stefano Varrella, Trevor J. Willis, Carlo Cerrano & Roberto Danovaro
Atlantic Ocean
|
marine habitat
|
Mediterranean Sea
|
Microplastics
|
red coral
Environment
Distribution of microplastics in Surabaya River, Indonesia
2020
Prieskarinda Lestari, Yulinah Trihadiningrum, Bagas Ari Wijaya, Khalda Ardelia Yunus, Muhammad Firdaus
Characteristics
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Distribution
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Indonesia
|
Microplastics
|
Pollution
|
Surabaya River
Environment
Simultaneous grading of microplastic size sampling in the Small Islands of Bintan water, Indonesia
2018
Agung Dhamar Syakti, Nuning Vita Hidayati, Yales Veva Jaya, Sofyan Husein Siregar, Renald Yude, Suhendy, Laurence Asia, Pascal Wong-Wah-Chung, Pierre Doumenq
Anthropogenic
|
ATR-FTIR
|
Bintan water
|
Indonesia
|
Microplastics
|
Oxidized LDPE
|
Small islands
Technology
Microplastic contamination in the Skipjack Tuna (Euthynnus affinis) collected from Southern Coast of Java, Indonesia
2021
Andreas, Tony Hadibarata, Palanivel Sathishkumar, Hafiizh Prasetia, Hikmat, Eka Dian Pusfitasari, Aprilia Nur Tasfiyati, Dian Muzdalifah, Joko Waluyo, Ahmad Randy, Dillani Putri Ramadhaningtyas, Oman Zuas, Ajeng Arum Sari
Fish
|
Indonesia
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Java
|
marine pollution
|
Microplastics
|
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
|
Skipjack tuna
Environment
Preparation and test of a reference mixture of eleven polymers with deactivated inorganic diluent for microplastics analysis by pyrolysis-GC–MS
2020
Mai Matsueda, Marco Mattonai, Itsuko Iwai, Atsushi Watanabe, Norio Teramae, William Robberson, Hajime Ohtani, Young-Min Kim, Chuichi Watanabe
Method development
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Method validation
|
Microplastics
|
Pyrolysis-GC–MS
|
Reference sample
Technology
Analysis of small microplastics in coastal surface water samples of the subtropical island of Okinawa, Japan
2021
Christina Ripken, Domna G. Kotsifaki, Síle Nic Chormaic
Environmental pollution
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Japan
|
Micro-Raman optical tweezers
|
Microplastics
|
Nanoparticles
|
Okinawa
|
Surface water
Technology
Effects of microplastics on the functional traits of aquatic benthic organisms: A global-scale meta-analysis
2021
M. Berlino, M.C. Mangano, C. De Vittor, G. Sarà
benthic organisms
|
ecological level
|
freshwater marine
|
functional traits
|
meta-analysis
|
Microplastics
Environment
The remediation of nano-/microplastics from water
2021
Marco Sarcletti, Hyoungwon Park, Janis Wirth, Silvan Englisch, Andreas Eigen, Dominik Drobek, Dustin Vivod, Bernhard Friedrich, Rainer Tietze, Christoph Alexiou, Dirk Zahn, Benjamin Apeleo Zubiri, Erdmann Spiecker, Marcus Halik
Microplastics
|
Nanoplastics
|
remediation
Technology
The impacts of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics (mPETs) on ecosystem functionality in marine sediment
2020
Yuxi You, Simon F. Thrush, Julie A. Hope
Bioturbation
|
Canonical principle of coordinate analysis
|
Ecosystem functions
|
Macomona liliana
|
Microplastics
Environment
Holistic assessment of microplastics in various coastal environmental matrices, southwest coast of India
2019
R. S. Robin, R. Karthik, R. Purvaja, D. Ganguly, I. Anandavelu, M. Mugilarasan, R. Ramesh
Beach sediment
|
Coastal water
|
Fish
|
India
|
Kerala
|
Metal concentration
|
Microplastics
Environment
Identification and removal of micro- and nano-plastics: Efficient and cost-effective methods
2021
Aayushi Kundu, Nagaraj P. Shetti, Soumen Basu, Kakarla Raghava Reddy, Mallikarjuna N. Nadagouda, Tejraj M. Aminabhavi
Identification
|
India
|
Membrane technology
|
Microplastics
|
Nanoplastics
|
Sampling
|
ToF-SIMS
|
Ultrafiltration
Technology
Characterization and distribution of microplastics and plastic debris along Silver Beach, Southern India
2020
A.Vidyasakar, S.Krishnakumar, K.Kasilingam, K.Neelavannan, V. Arun Bharathi, Prince S.Godson, K.Prabha, N.S.Magesh
FTIR
|
Gadilam river
|
India
|
Microplastics
|
Plastic debris
|
Silver beach
Environment
QSPR models for predicting the adsorption capacity for microplastics of polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene
2021
Miao Li, Haiying Yu, Yifei Wang, Jiagen Li, Guangcai Ma and Xiaoxuan Wei
Microplastic analysis
|
Microplastics
|
polyethylene
|
polypropylene
|
polystyrene
Technology
Microplastics affect sedimentary microbial communities and nitrogen cycling
2020
Seeley, M.E., Song, B., Passie, R. and Hale, R.C.
ecological effects
|
microbes
|
Microplastics
|
nitrogen cycling
|
U.S.A.
Environment
Seagrasses provide a novel ecosystem service by trapping marine plastics
2021
Anna Sanchez-Vidal, Miquel Canals, William P. de Haan, Javier Romero and Marta Veny
Marine plastics
|
Microplastics
|
Seagrass
|
Spain
Technology
Laboratory Methods for the Analysis of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Recommendations for quantifying synthetic particles in waters and sediments
2015
Julie Masura, Joel Baker, Gregory Foster, and Courtney Arthur (Carlie Herring, Technical Editor)
Laboratory Methods
|
Marine microplastics
|
Microplastic analysis
|
Microplastics
|
U.S.A.
Technology
Assessment of potential ecological risk of microplastics in the coastal sediments of India: A meta-analysis
2021
M. Ranjani, S. Veerasingam, R. Venkatachalapathy, M. Mugilarasan, Andrei Bagaev, Vladimir Mukhanov, P. Vethamony
India
|
Indian coastal pollution
|
Microplastics
|
pollution load index
|
polymer hazard index
|
potential ecological risk index
|
sediments
Environment
Microplastic pollution in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India: The first report of microplastics in lake and estuarine sediments in India
2016
Sruthy, Shini & Ramasamy, E.V.
Emerging pollutant
|
India
|
Kerala
|
Micro Raman spectroscopy
|
Microplastics
|
Plastic debris
|
Ramsar site
|
Vembanad Lake
Environment
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