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 Microplastics – an emerging threat in the Indian waterbodies
ClearMicroplastics pollution studies in India: a recent review of sources, abundances and research perspectives
This review summarizes microplastic pollution studies conducted across India, covering sources, distribution, and concentrations in aquatic environments and aquatic organisms. The study highlights the growing scale of microplastic contamination in Indian water bodies and the need for standardized national monitoring programs.
Microplastics pollution: An emerging threat to freshwater aquatic ecosystem of India
This review examined microplastic pollution as an emerging threat to freshwater aquatic ecosystems in India, discussing sources, distribution, ecotoxicological effects on aquatic biota, and potential human health hazards. The authors highlighted that while marine microplastic research is extensive, freshwater ecosystems in India remain critically understudied relative to the scale of contamination.
Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystems in India: A Comprehensive Review
This review examines the occurrence, sources, and ecological risks of microplastics across freshwater ecosystems in India, synthesizing current literature on contamination levels in rivers, lakes, and other inland water bodies.
Microplastics in Freshwater Ecosystems of India: Current Trends and Future Perspectives
The study provides a comprehensive review of microplastic contamination in freshwater ecosystems across India, including lakes and rivers. Researchers found that microplastic research in Indian freshwater environments has grown significantly but remains limited compared to marine studies, highlighting the need for expanded monitoring given India's increasing plastic production and low recycling rates.
A Critical Review on the Characterization and Distribution of Microplastic Contaminants in Indian Water Environments: Pathways and Related Hazards
This systematic review examines microplastic contamination in India's freshwater environments, including rivers and lakes. While marine ecosystems have gotten the most attention, freshwater sources — which supply drinking water — are also heavily contaminated. The findings highlight how inadequate waste management and recycling infrastructure allow microplastics to spread through the water systems that communities depend on.
Microplastics as contaminants in Indian environment: a review
This review surveys the current state of microplastic contamination across India, covering freshwater, marine, soil, and atmospheric environments. Researchers found that microplastics are widespread throughout the country, with particularly high concentrations near urban centers and coastal areas. The study calls for standardized monitoring methods and comprehensive policies to address India's growing microplastic pollution challenge.
Microplastics pollution studies in India: a recent review of sources, abundances and research perspectives - a comparison with global research
This review summarizes published research on microplastic pollution in India, identifying sources and distribution across aquatic environments while noting that India remains one of the least-studied countries despite being a major plastic-producing and plastic-polluting nation. The paper compares Indian findings to global research and calls for expanded monitoring.
Delving Deep into the Microplastics Crisis in the Indian Aquatic Environment
This review synthesized research on microplastic contamination in India's aquatic environments—rivers, lakes, and coastal waters—covering sources, distribution, ecological impacts, and human exposure risks. The authors found microplastics widespread in Indian water bodies and highlighted the particular vulnerability of rural communities that rely on these waters for drinking and food.
Sources and Impact of Microplastic Pollution in Indian Aquatic Ecosystem: A Review
This review examines sources and impacts of microplastic pollution across Indian aquatic ecosystems, documenting widespread contamination in marine and freshwater environments and discussing risks to living organisms given projections that ocean plastic will outweigh fish by 2050.
Microplastic pollution in rivers and lakes of India: Sources, ecotoxicological impacts, and removal strategies
This review synthesizes current knowledge on microplastic pollution in India's rivers and lakes, covering sources, ecological impacts, and removal strategies. Researchers found that Indian freshwater systems are increasingly contaminated from industrial discharge, domestic waste, agricultural runoff, and tourism. Evidence indicates that exposed aquatic organisms experience bioaccumulation, oxidative stress, and behavioral changes, underscoring the need for comprehensive remediation efforts.
Assessment of microplastic pollution in the aquatic ecosystems – An indian perspective
A review of Indian microplastic research across aquatic sediments, water, and biota found that river discharge, domestic sewage, and industrial runoff are major sources, and that monsoon hydrology plays a distinctive role in distributing MPs through India's aquatic ecosystems.
Microplastics as a contaminant in Indian riverine system: a review
This systematic review examines microplastic contamination across India's river systems, documenting the types, sources, and concentrations of plastic particles found in major waterways. The findings are concerning for human health because these rivers provide drinking water and irrigation for hundreds of millions of people, creating widespread potential exposure to microplastics.
Microplastics pollution in inland aquatic ecosystems of India with a global perspective on sources, composition, and spatial distribution
Researchers reviewed microplastic contamination in India's rivers, lakes, and wetlands, finding widespread pollution across water, sediment, and wildlife, with concentrations peaking during monsoon season due to runoff. The review highlights a critical gap: most studies don't account for how water flow and seasonal variation affect where microplastics go, making it hard to gauge the true health risk to people and ecosystems.
Microplastics in Freshwater Environments – With Special Focus on the Indian Scenario
This review examines microplastic pollution in freshwater environments globally with a focus on the Indian context, finding that despite India being one of the world's largest contributors to marine plastic pollution, freshwater microplastic research in India remains almost entirely absent, and calling for systematic river catchment monitoring to quantify land-to-ocean plastic fluxes.
Microplastics in Indian aquatic systems and its effects on plants, aquatic organisms and humans, and its methods of remediation
This review summarizes microplastic pollution across India's rivers, coasts, and estuaries, finding contamination widespread in both water and sediment. The highest concentrations were found in estuaries and the Hooghly River, with most research focused on southern India's coastal areas. The study highlights that microplastics in Indian waterways pose health risks to the large populations that depend on these water sources for drinking, fishing, and irrigation.
Emerging pollutant in surface water bodies: a review on monitoring, analysis, mitigation measures and removal technologies of micro-plastics.
This review examined the status of emerging pollutants — including microplastics — in Indian surface water bodies, covering monitoring methods, concentrations, mitigation strategies, and regulatory context. The authors highlight the inadequacy of existing water quality monitoring systems in India for capturing these new pollutant classes.
Microplastic contamination, an emerging threat to the freshwater environment: a systematic review
Researchers systematically reviewed the spread of microplastics in freshwater ecosystems — rivers, lakes, and streams — documenting their sources, how they move through water, the damage they cause to aquatic organisms, and the methods used to detect them. Their review serves as a baseline reference for future research and calls for improved waste management to protect freshwater environments from ongoing microplastic contamination.
A comprehensive review on assessment of plastic debris in aquatic environment and its prevalence in fishes and other aquatic animals in India
This review compiled Indian studies on plastic debris in aquatic environments and aquatic organisms, documenting widespread contamination in rivers, coastal waters, and fisheries, and identifying the lack of standardized methods and long-term monitoring as major obstacles to understanding the full extent of the problem.
Jeopardy of Indian Waters: A Review
This review covers the major threats to water quality in India, including microplastic pollution from plastic debris that weathers and enters rivers and coastal waters. Microplastics adsorb heavy metals and pathogens, causing mortality in fish and posing risks through the food chain to human consumers of seafood.
Comprehensive Review on Microplastic Pollution in Inland Waters of India
This comprehensive review examines microplastic pollution in India's inland freshwater systems, including major rivers like the Ganga, Yamuna, and Brahmaputra. The study highlights that rapid industrialization, urbanization, and poor waste management have led to significant contamination from diverse sources including industrial effluents, untreated sewage, and agricultural runoff, with potential consequences for aquatic organisms and human health through bioaccumulation in food chains.
Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs
This review synthesizes the growing body of research on microplastic contamination in freshwater rivers, lakes, and sediments, which has received far less attention than marine environments. Researchers found that freshwater microplastic concentrations can rival or exceed those reported in ocean studies, particularly near urban and industrial areas. The study identifies critical knowledge gaps including the lack of standardized sampling methods and limited understanding of how microplastics affect freshwater organisms and ecosystems.
Microplastic pollution in India-Evidence of major health concern
This review documents evidence for major microplastic health concerns in India, covering contamination of food, water, and air in urban and rural contexts, and calling for nationally coordinated monitoring and regulatory responses to plastic pollution.
Microplastics in different environmental compartments in India: Analytical methods, distribution, associated contaminants and research needs
This study reviewed scientific literature on microplastic pollution in various environmental matrices in India, summarizing methods for sampling, extraction, identification, and quantification used across Indian research. It highlighted research gaps and proposed future priorities for understanding the extent and effects of microplastic contamination in Indian environments.
Emerging threats and persistent conservation challenges for freshwater biodiversity
This review provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic pollution in freshwater environments, covering sources, distribution, and ecological impacts in rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Researchers found that freshwater microplastic contamination is widespread globally but that standardized sampling and analysis methods are still lacking. The study calls for more consistent research approaches so that contamination levels across different water bodies can be meaningfully compared.