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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to The Ecological Consequences of Cosmetic-Microplastic Pollutants, A Study of Flora and Fauna Responses from Beaches to Benthic Zones.
ClearSources, Distribution, and Fate of Microscopic Plastics in Marine Environments
This review summarizes the sources, distribution, and fate of microplastics in marine environments, covering how they enter oceans from cosmetic beads and fragmented larger plastics, and how they spread from shorelines to deep seafloors. A wide range of marine organisms ingest microplastics, and the review raises questions about whether this causes harm and whether pollutants on plastic transfer to tissues.
The impact of microplastics on marine life and ecosystems
This paper reviewed the sources, distribution, and ecological impacts of microplastics in marine ecosystems, where particles originating from both fragmented debris and consumer products like personal care products are now found throughout the worlds oceans. The review examined effects on marine organisms across multiple levels of the food chain.
Microplastics in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
This review examines the presence of microplastics, commonly known as microbeads, in cosmetics and personal care products and their pathway into aquatic environments through wastewater discharge. Researchers assessed how these tiny particles interact with marine species and other pollutants once they enter water bodies. The study underscores that despite the existence of wastewater treatment plants, microbeads from personal care products remain a persistent source of aquatic plastic pollution.
Assessing the Impact of Microplastic Pollution on Coastal Ecosystems: a Multidimensional Environmental Approach
This review presents a comprehensive multidimensional analysis of microplastic pollution in coastal ecosystems, covering sources, distribution pathways, ecological effects on marine organisms, and implications for environmental management. The authors draw on recent interdisciplinary research to assess how microplastics infiltrate nearly every ecological compartment from coastal waters to ocean sediments and interact with biological and chemical systems.
Current research trends on cosmetic microplastic pollution and its impacts on the ecosystem: A review
This review examines the presence of microplastics in personal care, cosmetics, and cleaning products and their environmental impact. Researchers assessed the fate, degradation mechanisms, and routes through which cosmetic microplastics enter the environment. The study also discusses emerging technologies for removing cosmetic microplastics and highlights the need for sustainable alternatives to reduce this domestic source of pollution.
Microplastics: Applications in the Cosmetic Industry and Impacts on the Aquatic Environment
This review examines how microplastics are used in cosmetics as microbeads in products like exfoliating cleansers, and how these particles enter waterways through drain disposal and harm aquatic life. The authors summarize the main problems caused by cosmetic microplastics and discuss regulatory efforts to phase them out.
Exploration of microplastics from personal care and cosmetic products and its estimated emissions to marine environment: An evidence from Malaysia
Microplastics including microbeads were quantified in personal care and cosmetic products sold in Malaysia, with scrubs and toothpastes as the top contributors, and estimated emissions to marine environments were calculated. The findings support the case for regulations banning plastic microbeads in cosmetics as a pollution prevention measure.
Plastic microbeads: small yet mighty concerning
This review discusses the environmental concerns surrounding plastic microbeads - the tiny plastic particles used in cosmetic scrubs and personal care products - tracing their sources, distribution in aquatic environments, and potential ecological effects. The study supports regulatory bans on microbeads given their persistence, wide distribution, and ingestion by aquatic organisms.
Microplastic pollution, a threat to marine ecosystem and human health: a short review
This review summarizes the growing problem of microplastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments, covering sources ranging from cosmetics to industrial processes. Researchers highlight that microplastics accumulate in marine organisms and can transfer through food webs, with potential chronic effects on both wildlife and humans. The paper emphasizes the urgent need for policies to reduce plastic use and improve waste management to protect aquatic ecosystems.
Impacts of macro - and microplastic on macrozoobenthos abundance in intertidal zone
This study assessed how macro- and microplastics affect the abundance of bottom-dwelling invertebrates in an intertidal zone, finding that plastic contamination is linked to reduced invertebrate diversity. The results highlight ecological impacts of plastic pollution in coastal ecosystems that provide food resources for humans.
An ecotoxicological approach to microplastics on terrestrial and aquatic organisms: A systematic review in assessment, monitoring and biological impact
Microplastics from both primary sources (e.g., exfoliating cleansers) and secondary fragmentation are found at up to 2.41 million tons across ocean gyres, with documented bioaccumulation and biomagnification across terrestrial and aquatic taxa at environmentally relevant concentrations.
Abundance, composition, and distribution of microplastics in intertidal sediment and soft tissues of four species of Bivalvia from Southeast Brazilian urban beaches
Researchers found 100% microplastic contamination in intertidal sediments and four bivalve species from urbanized Brazilian beaches, identifying polypropylene, polyethylene, and PET polymers in organisms commonly consumed by humans.
A Review of Microplastics and Their Impact on Ocean Ecosystems
This review examined the impact of microplastics on ocean ecosystems, covering distribution from surface to deep sea, ingestion by marine organisms across the food web, and effects on ocean chemistry and biological productivity. It found pervasive contamination with cascading ecosystem-level consequences.
Evaluation of Microplastic Pollution in Marine Environments Sources, Distribution, and Impact
This review synthesizes evidence on microplastic contamination across all marine compartments — surface waters, sediments, and biota — analyzing major sources, distribution patterns, and ecological and human health impacts. The authors emphasize the pervasive and often irreversible nature of marine microplastic pollution.
Sources, Fate, and Impact of Microplastics in Aquatic Environment
This review summarizes the sources, transport pathways, fate, and ecological impacts of microplastics in aquatic environments, noting that coastal areas have the highest concentrations but that microplastics sink and accumulate in deep sediments after fragmentation. The pervasive contamination of aquatic ecosystems poses threats to marine biota and food webs that ultimately affect human health.
Ecological Impacts of Microplastics in Coastal Environment
This review summarizes the ecological impacts of microplastics in coastal marine environments, covering ingestion and accumulation in marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and mollusks, and the broader consequences for sensitive ecosystems including coral reefs and mangroves.
Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects
This review catalogued sources of microplastics in aquatic and terrestrial environments — with special focus on agricultural plastics — and summarized pathways through which they enter food chains and affect ecosystems.
Assessing the Impact of Microplastic Pollution on Coastal Ecosystems: a Multidimensional Environmental Approach
This review presents a comprehensive multidimensional analysis of microplastic pollution in coastal ecosystems, examining how microplastics alter sediment dynamics, disrupt marine food webs, and interact synergistically with heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants to create a complex environmental crisis requiring integrative management solutions.
Hidden threat: microplastics interaction with Antarctic benthic invertebrates
Researchers quantified and compared the ingestion of polyethylene microbeads by three Antarctic benthic species — including a bivalve — to assess microplastic interactions with Southern Ocean invertebrates, addressing a significant gap in understanding ecological impacts on these unique and sensitive organisms in one of the world's most remote environments.
The distribution and ecological effects of microplastics in an estuarine ecosystem
Researchers surveyed 22 intertidal sites and found that microplastic abundance, size, and diversity correlated with benthic microalgal communities and sediment biostabilization properties in an estuarine ecosystem.
Microplastic Pollution in Seawater: A Review Study
This review study systematically evaluated recent data on microplastic contamination in seawater, synthesizing findings on distribution, concentration, polymer types, and ecological impacts in marine ecosystems. The evidence confirms that microplastic pollution is a growing global concern with documented negative effects on marine biota.
Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of Their Sources, Formation, Fate, and Ecotoxicological Impact
This review collates evidence on microplastics in the marine environment, covering primary and secondary sources, degradation pathways into particles under 5 mm, ecotoxicological effects on marine biota that ingest smaller particles, and the transport and deposition mechanisms governing microplastic fate in sediments, shorelines, and the deep sea.
Microplastics in the marine environment - A threat to marine biota?
This review examines the sources, quantities, and effects of microplastics in marine environments to assess whether they pose a genuine threat to marine life. Microplastics are found everywhere from Arctic to Antarctic waters, with the smallest fragments being the most concerning because they are available to a wider range of organisms and have more surface area to carry toxic chemicals.
The detrimental impact of microplastics on the Marine Environment and potential remediation strategies.
This review analyzes the detrimental impacts of microplastics on marine environments, summarizing documented hazards to marine life and ecosystems from historical and recent research, and evaluates several representative remediation strategies for addressing microplastic contamination. The authors found that microplastics interfere broadly with marine organism physiology and food web dynamics, and that current treatment approaches — including filtration, photocatalysis, and biological degradation — each carry limitations requiring further development for large-scale application.