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ClearTricks and tracks of prevalence, occurrences, treatment technologies, and challenges of mixtures of emerging contaminants in the environment: With special emphasis on microplastic
This review examines how microplastics interact with other emerging contaminants like pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and industrial chemicals in soil and water, often acting as carriers that transport these pollutants into ecosystems. The combined exposure to microplastics and these toxic substances can cause cancer-promoting, hormone-disrupting, and birth-defect-causing effects in living organisms, including humans.
Understanding microplastic pollution of marine ecosystem: a review
This review summarizes the current understanding of microplastic pollution in oceans, covering where they come from, how they spread, and their harmful effects on marine life and potentially human health. Microplastics are found throughout the ocean -- from surface waters to deep sediments -- and can transfer toxic chemicals to organisms that consume them. The authors highlight that significant gaps remain in detection methods and understanding the full scope of how marine microplastics affect the food chain that leads to our plates.
Recent analytical techniques, and potential eco-toxicological impacts of textile fibrous microplastics (FMPs) and associated contaminates: A review
This review examines textile fibers as a major and growing source of microplastic pollution, covering their release from clothing during washing and wear, detection methods, and toxic effects. Fibrous microplastics have been found throughout the food chain and can affect the nervous system, digestive system, and circulatory system of living organisms. The review highlights that textile microfibers are among the most common types of microplastics found in the environment.
A Comprehensive Review of Biodegradable Polymer-Based Films and Coatings and Their Food Packaging Applications
This review covers the development of biodegradable polymer-based films and coatings as alternatives to conventional plastic food packaging. While these bio-based materials reduce long-term environmental pollution, the review notes that they can still break down into microplastic particles under certain conditions. The shift to biodegradable packaging may reduce but not eliminate the food packaging contribution to microplastic pollution and human exposure.
Microplastics pollution modulating soil biological health – A review
This review summarizes how microplastics enter agricultural soil through recycled water, fertilizer made from sewage, and plastic mulch, and how they affect the organisms that keep soil healthy. Microplastics can carry chemical additives and environmental pollutants that harm soil bacteria, fungi, and invertebrates. These disruptions to soil health could affect crop growth and food quality, creating an indirect pathway for microplastics to impact human nutrition.
Microplastic pollutants in water: A comprehensive review on their remediation by adsorption using various adsorbents
This review covers the different materials scientists are developing to filter microplastics out of water, including biochar, activated carbon, sponges, carbon nanotubes, and newer hybrid materials. Each material has trade-offs in terms of cost, effectiveness, and environmental impact, but combining different approaches shows the most promise. The research is important because better water filtration methods could directly reduce the amount of microplastics people consume through drinking water.
Ecological adaptation of earthworms for coping with plant polyphenols, heavy metals, and microplastics in the soil: A review
This review examines how earthworms cope with and help remediate soil pollutants including heavy metals, microplastics, and plant polyphenols. Researchers describe how earthworms use specialized gut metabolites and elevated antioxidant enzyme activity to neutralize toxic compounds, and can serve as biofilters that accumulate and transform these pollutants. The findings support the wider use of earthworm-based bioremediation as a strategy for restoring contaminated soils.
Prevalence and implications of microplastics in potable water system: An update
This review summarizes current knowledge on microplastic contamination in drinking water systems worldwide, covering sources, detection methods, and potential health implications. Researchers found that microplastics are present in both tap and bottled water, with fibers and fragments being the most common types detected. The study highlights the need for standardized testing methods and regulatory limits to protect public health from microplastic exposure through drinking water.
A comprehensive review of various approaches for treatment of tertiary wastewater with emerging contaminants: what do we know?
Researchers reviewed tertiary wastewater treatment technologies for removing emerging contaminants — including pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, and personal care products — covering membrane filtration, UV irradiation, ozonation, advanced oxidation, and microalgal bioremediation, with emphasis on integrated approaches needed to protect water reuse systems.
MICROPLASTIC: FROM marine pollution to the human food chain
Comparative Review of Different Adsorption Techniques Used in Heavy Metals Removal in Water
This review compares different adsorption techniques for removing heavy metals from water, including the use of metal oxides, graphene, zeolites, and carbon-based composites. Researchers found that these materials offer high surface area and efficient pollutant removal capabilities. The study provides an overview of the economic feasibility of various adsorbents for addressing heavy metal contamination in water resources.
The efficacious of AOP-based processes in concert with electrocoagulation in abatement of CECs from water/wastewater
Researchers reviewed how combining electrocoagulation — an electrical water-cleaning method — with advanced oxidation processes like ozone, UV light, and Fenton reactions can dramatically improve the removal of hard-to-treat contaminants from water and wastewater. While these hybrid systems show strong results in the lab, the review notes that data for real-world industrial-scale applications, particularly for microplastics and pesticides, remains limited.
Metal-organic framework membrane for waterborne micro/nanoplastics treatment
Researchers reviewed the potential of metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes — materials with highly tunable pore structures — to filter micro- and nanoplastics from water more effectively than conventional filtration. MOF membranes showed promise due to their adjustable surface chemistry and resistance to biological fouling, though challenges like particle clumping and structural stability still need to be resolved.
Sorption of pharmaceuticals over microplastics’ surfaces: interaction mechanisms and governing factors
Researchers reviewed the sorption mechanisms by which pharmaceuticals interact with microplastic surfaces in the environment. The study found that electrostatic interactions, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic forces are the primary mechanisms governing pharmaceutical adsorption onto microplastics, suggesting that microplastics can serve as vectors for transporting pharmaceutical contaminants through ecosystems.
Environmental fate, toxicological impact, and advanced treatment approaches: Atrazine degradation and emphasises on circular economy strategy
Researchers reviewed how atrazine — a widely used weedkiller that persists long in soil and water — harms aquatic ecosystems, disrupts hormones in animals, and poses cancer risks to humans, while examining chemical, biological, and microbial methods for breaking it down. The study highlights circular economy approaches and life cycle analysis as promising frameworks for reducing atrazine's long-term environmental footprint.
Gut microbiome of mealworms (Tenebrio molitor Larvae) show similar responses to polystyrene and corn straw diets
Researchers compared the gut microbiomes of mealworms fed polystyrene plastic versus corn straw and found strikingly similar microbial community responses to both diets. The findings suggest that the ability of mealworm larvae to break down plastics likely evolved from ancient biological mechanisms originally designed to digest natural plant fibers like lignocellulose. The study points to mealworm gut bacteria as a potential resource for developing biological plastic degradation strategies.
Exploring microplastic pollution from origin to environmental impact and remediation approaches
This review provides a comprehensive assessment of microplastic pollution, covering their sources from synthetic textiles, cosmetics, and packaging to their fate in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The study critically examines detection techniques, structural and chemical classification methods, and the health risks microplastics pose to organisms including humans.
Toxicological Impact of Polyethylene Terephthalate ( <scp>PET</scp> ) Microfragments and Microfibers on the Gut of Zebrafish ( <scp> <i>Danio rerio</i> </scp> , Hamilton, 1822): Insights Into Gastrointestinal Health
Researchers exposed zebrafish to different concentrations and shapes of PET microplastics—both microfibers and microfragments—through their diet to assess gut health impacts. The study found that both forms caused gastrointestinal tissue alterations, with the shape and concentration of microplastics influencing the severity of gut damage, highlighting how microplastic form factor matters for toxicological outcomes.
Global challenges in microplastics: From fundamental understanding to advanced degradations toward sustainable strategies
This review examined global challenges in microplastic research — from environmental entry pathways and fate to human health impacts — and discussed potential degradation strategies, concluding that a combination of photocatalysis, biodegradation, and policy measures will be needed for sustainable management.
An insight into different microplastic detection methods
Valorization of Wastewater Resources Into Biofuel and Value-Added Products Using Microalgal System
This review examined how microalgal cultivation systems can be integrated into wastewater treatment to simultaneously remove nutrients, produce biofuels, and generate high-value compounds such as pigments and proteins, evaluating the current technical and economic barriers to commercial-scale implementation.
Histopathological damage and stress‐ and immune‐related genes' expression in the intestine of common carp, <i>Cyprinus carpio</i> exposed to copper and polyvinyl chloride microparticle
Researchers examined the combined effects of copper and PVC microplastics on common carp intestines, finding that co-exposure caused greater histopathological damage and altered stress- and immune-related gene expression compared to either contaminant alone.