We can't find the internet
Attempting to reconnect
Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Papers
61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to Introduction to Microfiber Pollution
ClearAn Introduction to Microfiber Pollution
Microfibers are a subcategory of microplastics and one of the most abundant plastic shapes found in environmental samples worldwide. This introductory chapter reviews the definitions, types, and environmental impacts of microfibers, highlighting that their small size and fibrous form make them particularly persistent and widely distributed. Addressing microfiber pollution urgently is important given how readily they are ingested by wildlife and potentially humans through air, water, and food.
Sources and Ubiquity of Microfibers
This review addresses the sources and ubiquity of microfibers in the environment, arguing for a clearer definition of microfibers as emerging contaminants and synthesizing evidence of their prevalence in freshwater and marine ecosystems globally.
Marine Microfiber Pollution
This chapter reviews marine microfiber pollution, covering sources from synthetic textiles and cosmetics, their environmental persistence, abundance as the most common microplastic form, and ecological impacts on marine organisms.
Effect of Microfiber Pollutants in Freshwater Ecosystems
This chapter reviews microfiber pollution in freshwater ecosystems, covering sources, environmental distribution, interactions with flora and fauna, and the pathways through which microfibers enter food webs and harm aquatic organisms.
Microfibers: a preliminary discussion on their definition and sources
This paper proposes clearer definitions for "microfibers" as a distinct category of microplastics and reviews their major environmental sources, noting that they are found nearly everywhere and released from both synthetic and natural textiles. Clearer terminology is important for comparability across research studies and for developing targeted policy responses to fiber pollution.
Introduction to Textile Pollution
This introductory chapter examines textile-derived microplastic pollution, reviewing evidence that microfibers are the most commonly found plastic shape inside wild animals, potentially due to their relative environmental abundance and reduced egestion rates compared to other particle shapes. The review covers ingestion across marine mammals, birds, fish, macroinvertebrates, and plankton, and discusses how polymer type, size, and shape influence the degree of biological effects.
Microplastics in the Environment
This chapter reviews the sources, distribution, and environmental persistence of microplastics — small plastic debris less than 5 mm — in both marine and terrestrial environments. It provides an accessible overview of how microplastics enter ecosystems and the concerns they raise for wildlife and human health.
The fiber microparticle pipeline in the marine water column – from source to mitigation strategies
This review examines the sources, environmental transport, and health implications of microfibers — including synthetic fibers from textiles and natural fibers — in the marine water column. With global fiber production exceeding 100 million metric tons annually, synthetic microfibers are one of the most abundant forms of microplastic in the ocean.
Critical review of environmental impacts of microfibers in different environmental matrices
This review summarizes the environmental impacts of microfibers, both synthetic and natural, across marine, freshwater, and soil ecosystems. The study highlights that natural textile microfibers are actually the predominant type found in ecosystems, and notes a significant gap in research on how microfibers affect primary producers like phytoplankton at the base of food chains.
Impact of Microplastics on Aquatic Ecosystems
This short overview summarized the impacts of microplastics (particles <5 mm) on aquatic ecosystems, covering contamination sources, uptake by organisms, food chain transfer, and ecotoxicological effects. It provides a general introduction to the field without novel empirical findings.
Review of research on migration, distribution, biological effects, and analytical methods of microfibers in the environment
This review examined the environmental distribution, transport pathways, biological effects, and analytical detection methods for microfibers as the most abundant microplastic form in the environment. Microfibers were found in marine, freshwater, atmospheric, and soil environments globally, and laundry effluent and textile industry wastewater were identified as the dominant emission sources.
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.
Microfibers: Environmental Problems and Textile Solutions
This review argued that microfibers (long thin plastic particles) are the most numerically abundant type of microplastic in aquatic environments when sampling methods account for their shape, yet they receive less attention than other forms. The authors identified textile production and laundering as primary sources and outlined textile-based solutions including fiber-shedding-resistant fabrics and wastewater filtration.
Current Scenario on the Impact of Microplastics on the Environment, Marine, and Humans
This review surveys the current state of microplastic pollution -- particles smaller than 5 mm from environmental plastic degradation and intentional microbead manufacturing -- in environmental, marine, and human contexts. The authors summarize contamination pathways, concentrations across environmental matrices, and the emerging evidence for health effects from dietary and inhalation exposure.
Microplastics
This overview paper introduced the topic of microplastics — their origins, classification, environmental distribution, and ecological significance — as an entry point into the broader field of plastic pollution science. It contextualizes current research challenges and policy needs.
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.
Role of Textile Industries in Microfiber Pollution
This review examines the role of textile industries in generating microfiber pollution, tracing microfiber release during fabric production, consumer use, laundering, and end-of-life disposal as synthetic textile demand grows with fast fashion. The review documents pathways by which textile microfibers enter freshwater and marine environments and accumulate in aquatic biota, linking industry growth trends to escalating environmental microfiber loads.
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.
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.
Microplastics
This review synthesizes the current state of knowledge on microplastics — particles under 5 mm derived from both intentional manufacture and fragmentation of larger items — covering their diverse polymer types, shapes, sizes, and densities, and describing how these properties influence their environmental sources, fate, and ecological effects. The authors note that microplastics are now detected in virtually every environment studied, from deep ocean sediments to the atmosphere, highlighting the pervasive nature of this suite of contaminants.
Environmental Degradation due to Synthetic Fibres
This review chapter examines how synthetic textile fibres—nylon, polyester, rayon, and acrylic—contribute to microplastic pollution through their entire lifecycle, from manufacturing to washing. Because these fibres shed millions of microfibre particles into waterways with every laundry cycle and persist indefinitely in the environment, the global textile industry is identified as a major, ongoing source of plastic contamination.
Micro Plastic Pollution in Freshwater Ecosystems: Sources, Fate and Effects
This review addresses microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems, examining sources including synthetic textile washing microfibers and cosmetic microbeads, and the secondary fragmentation of larger plastic debris. The authors assess the fate of particles in rivers and lakes, their effects on aquatic organisms, and the adequacy of current management approaches.
Microplastic Contamination: An Introduction to an Emerging Issue
This review examines microplastics as emerging environmental pollutants, covering their persistence in the environment, accumulation in aquatic organisms, and the need for standardized detection and monitoring approaches to address growing contamination concerns.
Microplastics in the Environment
This book chapter reviews the sources, distribution, fate, and transport of microplastics across terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric environments. Key topics include the ability of microplastics to adsorb persistent organic pollutants and bioaccumulate through food chains, as well as the physicochemical properties that govern their environmental behavior.