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Microplastics
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
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Food chain
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Microplastics
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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
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Microplastics
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Soil
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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
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Protective equipment
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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
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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
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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
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Microplastics
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persistent organic pollutants
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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
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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
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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
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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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
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Mediterranean
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Microplastics
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Morocco
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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
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Canada
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Finland
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Greenland
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Iceland
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Microplastics
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Norway
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Russia
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Sweden
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terrestrial environment
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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
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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
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Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME)
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Central America
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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
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flumioxazin
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imidacloprid
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Microplastics
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mulch microplastics
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pesticide residues
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pesticides
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Plastic pollution
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Soil
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soil ecosystems
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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
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Assessments
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Microplastics
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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
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Microplastics
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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
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Microplastics
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Pathogen
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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
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastic
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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
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Italy
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Microplastics
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Raman microspectroscopy
Environment
Marine Plastic Pollution: Chemical Aspects and Possible Solutions
2021
Hideshige Takada , Misaki Koro, and Charita S. Kwan.
Additives
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Anthropocene
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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
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Microplastics
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
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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
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Marina beach
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Microplastics
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Microscopic quantification
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SEM/EDS
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South India
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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
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microplastic carbon
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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
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marine habitat
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Mediterranean Sea
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Microplastics
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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
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Microplastics
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Pollution
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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
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ATR-FTIR
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Bintan water
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Indonesia
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Microplastics
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Oxidized LDPE
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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
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Indonesia
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Java
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marine pollution
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Microplastics
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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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
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Microplastics
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Pyrolysis-GC–MS
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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
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Micro-Raman optical tweezers
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Microplastics
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Nanoparticles
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Okinawa
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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
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ecological level
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freshwater marine
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functional traits
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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
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Nanoplastics
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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
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Canonical principle of coordinate analysis
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Ecosystem functions
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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
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Coastal water
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Fish
|
India
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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
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India
|
Membrane technology
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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