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ClearMicroplastics Pollution
This book chapter provides a broad overview of microplastic pollution, covering the sources, environmental distribution, ecological impacts, and remediation challenges of plastic particles across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
Microplastic Pollution in the Environment
This book chapter provides an overview of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution as emerging environmental contaminants, describing their formation, persistence in the environment, pathways of biological exposure, and potential toxicity to ecosystems and human health.
Microplastic Pollution in the Environment
This book chapter provides a general overview of microplastic pollution, describing the formation, classification, distribution, and environmental fate of plastic particles across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Microplastics Pollutants—Potential Impact on Ecosystems
This book chapter reviews the origins, environmental distribution, and ecological impacts of microplastic pollutants across terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems, and discusses current methods for identifying and removing these persistent contaminants.
Microplastic Pollution in the Environment
This review examines the ubiquitous presence of microplastics as emerging environmental pollutants across all major environmental compartments, synthesizing data on their sources, fates, and concentrations over time and space to characterize the scale of global contamination.
Micro- and Nano-Plastics Contaminants in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Toxicity, Detection, Remediation, and Sustainable Perspectives
This review provides a broad overview of micro- and nanoplastic pollution, covering where these particles come from, how they spread through the environment, and the damage they cause to living things including humans. The authors also compare different methods for removing microplastics from the environment, including physical, chemical, and biological approaches. The paper calls for more research and global cooperation to develop better tools for measuring the health risks of plastic pollution.
Overview of microplastics in the environment: type, source, potential effects and removal strategies
This review examines microplastic types, sources, and health effects across land and marine environments, discussing remediation technologies and emphasizing the need for international cooperation to address this global pollution challenge.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics
This overview chapter covers the sources, environmental distribution, and biological effects of microplastics and nanoplastics, situating them within the broader landscape of plastic pollution research. The text provides foundational context for understanding the scope of the microplastic problem.
Research progress on the sources and toxicology of micro (nano) plastics in environment
This review covers sources, distribution, and toxicity of micro- and nanoplastics across soil, water, and air, including effects on organisms and human health. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge on environmental microplastic contamination and its consequences.
State of the Art of Microplastic and Nanoplastic Pollution: Origin and Removal Methods
This review traces the origins of microplastic and nanoplastic pollution, examining their sources, environmental pathways, and removal methods across water, soil, and air, as well as their instantaneous and long-term effects on living organisms. The study emphasizes that despite recognition as a contaminant since 2004, micro- and nanoplastics remain poorly regulated globally.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment: Sources, Toxicity, and Ecological Implications
This review summarized the sources, environmental distribution, toxicological effects, and ecological impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics, drawing on two decades of research across marine, freshwater, soil, and atmospheric environments. The paper highlighted the global scale of MNP contamination and the urgent need for policy action to reduce plastic pollution.
Microplastics in Environment
This book provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic pollution — covering where microplastics come from, how they spread through oceans, soils, and indoor air, the challenges of detecting them, and strategies for removing or reducing them. It serves as a reference for researchers and policymakers working to understand and address one of the most widespread environmental contaminants of our time.
Microplastics in Water Bodies and in the Environment
This review examines microplastics and nanoplastics as emerging pollutants of concern in water bodies and broader environments, synthesizing current knowledge on their sources, distribution, detection methods, and ecological and human health implications. It discusses the challenges of monitoring these contaminants across freshwater, marine, and terrestrial systems given the diversity of particle types, sizes, and polymer compositions involved.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment
This book chapter introduces the growing problem of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment, covering their origins, distribution, and potential impacts. Plastics have transformed modern life but now accumulate throughout ecosystems and the food chain, raising broad environmental and health concerns that are the subject of rapidly growing scientific investigation.
Microplastic sources, fate and solution
This book provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic sources, environmental distribution, chemical behavior, and ecological threats, synthesizing current research on this global pollutant.
Microplastics Formation, Distribution, Impact, and Mitigation Strategy: A Review
This review covers the formation, environmental distribution, ecological impacts, and mitigation strategies for microplastics, synthesizing the global evidence base on how microplastic pollution spreads through air, water, and soil and harms living organisms.
Microplastics in the Environment
This chapter reviewed the environmental behavior and characteristics of microplastics in air, water, soil, and food, covering their ubiquitous distribution, analytical detection methods, ecotoxicological effects, and projections that microplastics could account for 13.2% of global plastic accumulation by 2060.
Toxic Effects of Micro‐ and Nanoplastics
This book provides a comprehensive overview of micro- and nanoplastic pollution, covering where these tiny plastic particles come from, how they spread through air, water, and food, and the potential health risks they pose to humans. It also reviews current methods for detecting and analyzing these particles, as well as strategies for cleaning them up from the environment.
Microplastics in the Environment
This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic pollution, covering classification, detection techniques, risk assessment, and remediation strategies across aquatic and terrestrial environments. It addresses both the fundamental science and practical approaches to minimizing microplastic contamination.
Microplastic Pollution: An In-depth Review of its Sources, Formation Mechanisms, Quantification Techniques, Environmental Impacts, Toxicological Effects and Remediation Strategies
This comprehensive review covers the full scope of microplastic pollution, from where microplastics come from and how they form, to how scientists detect and measure them. Researchers summarized the environmental and health impacts of microplastic contamination across ecosystems including water, soil, and air. The study also evaluates current cleanup and remediation strategies, highlighting the need for coordinated global efforts to address this widespread form of pollution.