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Microplásticos en ecosistemas acuáticos: una revisión sobre su impacto y gestión

This literature review analyzes the ecological impact of microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems and available management strategies. Researchers found that microplastics affect aquatic organisms through ingestion and bioaccumulation, altering physiological functions and acting as vectors for toxic pollutants and pathogens. While filtration technologies, bioremediation, and regulatory measures have been developed, their effectiveness remains limited and a comprehensive approach combining prevention, mitigation, and stricter policies is needed.

2025 Innova Science Journal 1 citations
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Microplásticos: Presencia y diseminación en el medio ambiente

This Spanish-language review examines the current state of microplastic research, covering characterization methods, their presence in water, soil, and air, impacts on food webs and human health, and strategies needed to address this global environmental challenge.

2023 Investigación y Ciencia de la Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes 2 citations
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[Presence of microplastics in water and the potential impact on public health].

This Spanish-language review examines the presence of microplastics in water and their potential effects on public health, covering sources, routes of human exposure through drinking water and food, and biological effects. The authors note significant uncertainty remains about long-term health impacts.

2019 PubMed 3 citations
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Micro(nano)plásticos en el medio ambiente: una descripción de los efectos potenciales a la salud humana

This Spanish-language review summarizes in vitro and in vivo evidence on how micro- and nanoplastics (1 µm–5 mm and below 1 µm) accumulate in the human body and trigger adverse biological responses. It emphasizes the growing public health concern as plastic fragmentation accelerates and human internal exposure becomes increasingly documented.

2023 EPISTEMUS
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Implicaciones de la exposición a microplásticos en salud humana. Revisión bibliográfica

This Spanish-language review summarizes health implications of microplastic exposure, covering how microplastics enter the human body through food, water, and air, and what biological effects have been observed. The review notes that virtually all products in modern life contain some form of plastic.

2019
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Occurrence and environmental fate of microplastics as emerging anthropogenic pollutants

This Spanish-language thesis reviews the fate of microplastics as emerging environmental pollutants, covering their sources, distribution, and behavior in aquatic and terrestrial environments globally.

2023 e_Buah
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Microplastics influencing aquatic environment and human health: A review of source, determination, distribution, removal, degradation, management strategy and future perspective

This review paper provides a broad summary of microplastic pollution in water environments, covering where they come from, how to detect them, how they spread, and how to remove them. The authors emphasize that microplastics persist for extremely long periods in water and can harm both aquatic life and human health, calling for better management strategies worldwide.

2025 Journal of Environmental Management 17 citations
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Microplastics: a Contaminant That Grows in All Environmental Areas, Its Characteristics and Possible Risks to Public Health from Exposure

This Spanish-language review covers the formation, types, sources, and health risks of microplastics, noting they are now found everywhere from oceans and rivers to food and remote Arctic environments. It also highlights recent microplastics research from South America to contextualize the global problem at a regional level.

2020 Revista Boliviana de Química 31 citations
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Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Critical Review of Sources, Transport Mechanisms and Ecotoxicological Risks

This review provides a broad overview of microplastic pollution in rivers, oceans, and other aquatic environments, covering where these particles come from, how they move through water systems, and the harm they can cause. Evidence indicates that microplastics accumulate toxins and disrupt growth, feeding, and reproduction in aquatic species, with potential consequences for human health through seafood and drinking water. The authors stress the need for better global monitoring, stronger waste management systems, and development of eco-friendly plastic alternatives.

2025 Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 2 citations
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Plastic Pollution is a Serious Menace to Ecosystem Health with Special Reference to Aquatic Ecosystems and its Associated Challenges, Opportunities, and Mitigations

This review examines how plastic pollution, including microplastics, threatens aquatic ecosystem health, affecting fish, birds, and mammals through ingestion, entanglement, and chemical exposure. Researchers highlighted that our understanding of microplastic dynamics — their release, retention, accumulation, and transfer across ecosystems — remains limited. The study calls for more research into the long-term ecological consequences of microplastic contamination in aquatic environments.

2024 3 citations
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A review of microplastics in the aquatic environmental: distribution, transport, ecotoxicology, and toxicological mechanisms

This review examines how microplastics are distributed, transported, and accumulate throughout aquatic environments, and the toxicological effects they have on aquatic organisms. The study suggests that microplastics can affect human health through the food chain, but notes that understanding of combined toxicity mechanisms remains very limited. The authors identify significant knowledge gaps and call for more systematic environmental risk assessments across multiple species.

2020 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 153 citations
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Microplastics in aquatic ecosystems: Detection, source tracing, and sustainable management strategies

This review paper summarizes what we know about microplastics in water environments, including how they spread, how to detect them, and how to manage the problem. It highlights that microplastics can carry toxic substances and calls for stronger global policies and new cleanup methods like biodegradation to protect ecosystems and human health.

2025 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 15 citations
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Microplastics in aquatic systems, a comprehensive review: origination, accumulation, impact, and removal technologies

This comprehensive review traced the sources of microplastics in aquatic environments, from industrial products and packaging to cosmetics and agricultural materials, and examined their toxic effects on living organisms. Researchers found that microplastics are remarkably stable and widespread, posing growing ecotoxicological risks to aquatic ecosystems. The study also evaluated current removal technologies, noting their advantages and limitations, and warns that without better strategies, microplastic pollution will become significantly worse in coming decades.

2022 RSC Advances 134 citations
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Unveiling the complex impact of microplastics on environmental health, ecosystems, and humans

This comprehensive review consolidates current knowledge on microplastic pollution across marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. Researchers examined sources, transport pathways, impacts on living organisms, sampling techniques, and regulatory challenges, highlighting significant gaps in understanding the full scope of microplastic effects on ecosystems and human well-being.

2026 Journal of Environmental Management
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Microplastics in aquatic environments: a growing, unresolved concern

This review examines the origins, behavior, fate, and ecological effects of microplastics in aquatic environments. It synthesizes current research showing that microplastics are ubiquitous in rivers, lakes, and oceans, where they harm organisms and accumulate in food webs, raising ongoing concerns about ecosystem health and food safety.

2023 Chemistry of the Total Environment 1 citations
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Environmental Impact of Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Review of Current Research and Future Directions

This review examines microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems, covering chemical, biological, and ecological processes beyond simple physical contamination and identifying priority areas for future research directions.

2025 Indus journal of bioscience research.
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¿Lo que no se ve no hace daño? Micro y nanoplásticos otra herencia para el futuro

This Spanish-language overview reviews microplastic pollution, noting that over 430 million tons of plastic are produced annually, and summarizes evidence that microplastics threaten ecosystems and human health through ingestion and accumulation across trophic levels.

2024 Revista de la Facultad de Medicina 1 citations
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Micro/nanoplastics in aquatic ecosystems: Analytical challenges, ecological impacts, and mitigation strategies

This review provides a comprehensive assessment of micro- and nanoplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems, covering detection methods, toxic effects across the food chain, and emerging cleanup strategies. Researchers highlight the limitations of current analytical techniques and the challenges of accurately measuring these tiny particles in water and living organisms. The study identifies key research priorities needed to better understand and mitigate the growing threat of plastic particle pollution in waterways.

2025 Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology 2 citations
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Micro y nanoplásticos en mares y océanos

This Spanish-language review synthesizes current knowledge on micro- and nanoplastics in marine environments, covering definitions, sources, detection methods, ingestion by organisms, toxicity, habitat disruption, and species introduction, while highlighting the lack of standardized methodologies that hampers cross-study comparisons.

2023 Vínculos Sociología análisis y opinión
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Microplásticos, ambiente y salud humana. Una revisión a nivel global

A Spanish-language systematic review analyzed over 11,795 articles from ScienceDirect on microplastics in aquatic environments, soils, and human health, summarizing contamination patterns and calling for further research on human health impacts.

2024 Gestión y Ambiente
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Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: Pathways, Impacts and Integrated Solutions for Environment and Human Health

This review synthesizes current knowledge on microplastic contamination in freshwater and marine ecosystems, covering their sources, environmental behavior, and biological effects. Evidence indicates that microplastics enter waterways through wastewater, runoff, atmospheric deposition, and the breakdown of larger debris, and they accumulate across food webs through ingestion and trophic transfer. The study calls for integrated solutions combining reduced plastic use, advanced filtration, bioremediation, and stronger policy enforcement.

2025 PLANETARY SUSTAINABILITY 1 citations
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Microplastics: Devastation and destination in aquatic ecosystem

This review examines the sources, environmental distribution, and ecological impacts of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems, highlighting their persistence across global environments including polar regions and their passage through wastewater treatment plants largely intact. The authors discuss toxicological risks to aquatic biota arising from both the physical presence of particles and their role in transporting co-contaminants.

2022 Journal of Agriculture and Ecology 1 citations
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Impacts des nano- et micro-plastiques sur l'environnement et la santé

This French-language review summarizes the omnipresence of plastic pollution in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, covering sources, environmental fate, and human health consequences of micro- and nanoplastic exposure.

2024 HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
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Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment: Overview of the Problem and Current Research Areas

This review summarizes the current state of microplastic research in aquatic environments, covering sources, distribution, ecological impacts, and knowledge gaps. The paper identifies priority research areas needed to better understand and manage microplastic contamination in water bodies.

2023 1 citations