Microplastics – Pollutants’ Interactions, Mechanisms, and Potential Toxicity

T. G. Sunitha; V. Sivasankar; M. Prabhakaran; Kiyoshi Omine

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-72441-2_22

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Microplastics – Pollutants’ Interactions, Mechanisms, and Potential Toxicity

Emerging contaminants and associated treatment technologies 2021 9 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

T. G. Sunitha, V. Sivasankar, M. Prabhakaran, Kiyoshi Omine

Summary

Researchers reviewed how microplastics interact with environmental pollutants such as heavy metals, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals through adsorption, and how weathering increases their surface area, making them more toxic vectors that compound oxidative stress and cellular damage in exposed organisms.

Microplastics are small plastic fragments, flakes, or beads of size less than 5 mm diameter. Due to the anthropogenic activities, these persist ubiquitously in the environment. The high surface area and functionalized surface due to aging and weathering persuade the...

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