Emerging contaminants,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
10(4), P. 100369 - 100369
Published: May 14, 2024
Microplastic
(MP)
contamination
has
become
a
pervasive
global
issue,
affecting
terrestrial
and
aquatic
environments,
its
potential
health
hazards
are
of
widespread
concern.
This
review
examined
the
intricate
relationship
between
animal
exposure
to
MPs
their
effects,
revealing
that
MP
affects
broad
spectrum
species
across
habitats.
Crucially,
interspecies
differences
in
ingestion,
accumulation,
responses
emerge
as
central
themes
arising
from
various
factors,
including
feeding
behavior,
physiology,
ecological
niches.
The
implications
multifarious;
animals
may
suffer
physical
harm,
endure
chemical
adsorbed
contaminants,
provoke
inflammatory
responses,
undergo
behavioral
modifications.
Chronic
raises
concerns
about
long-term
consequences,
ability
adsorb
transport
chemicals
for
bioaccumulation
pollutants
within
food
webs.
ramifications
profound,
impacting
population
dynamics,
ecosystem
processes.
interplay
underscores
need
interdisciplinary
research
unites
fields
such
biology,
ecology,
chemistry,
toxicology.
Recognizing
effects
significant
implications,
particularly
enter
human
chain
through
on
risks.
Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
6, P. 100057 - 100057
Published: Feb. 24, 2022
The
last
decade
has
been
transformative
for
micro(nano)plastic
(MnP)
research
with
recent
discoveries
revealing
the
extent
and
magnitude
of
MnP
pollution,
even
in
world's
most
remote
places.
Historically,
while
researchers
recognized
that
plastic
pollution
was
derived
from
land-based
sources,
it
generally
believed
microplastic
particles
(i.e.,
fragments
<5
mm)
only
a
marine
issue
effects
largely
impacting
biota.
However,
over
progressed
rapidly
MnPs
freshwater,
snow,
ice,
soil,
terrestrial
biota,
air
found
ocean
spray.
have
now
every
environmental
compartment
on
earth,
within
tissues
gastrointestinal
tracts
thousands
species,
including
humans,
resulting
harmful
effects.
10
years
also
seen
development
new
techniques
analysis,
re-purposing
old
technologies
allowing
us
to
determine
down
nano
size
range
(<1
µm).
This
short
review
summarizes
what
key
milestones
major
advances
made
nanoplastic
environment,
their
fate,
decade.
Environmental Chemistry Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
21(3), P. 1761 - 1786
Published: Jan. 25, 2023
Global
pollution
by
plastics
derived
from
petroleum
has
fostered
the
development
of
carbon–neutral,
biodegradable
bioplastics
synthesized
renewable
resources
such
as
modern
biomass,
yet
knowledge
on
impact
ecosystems
is
limited.
Here
we
review
polylactic
acid
plastic
with
focus
synthesis,
biodegradability
tuning,
environmental
conversion
to
microplastics,
and
microbes,
algae,
phytoplankton,
zooplankton,
annelids,
mollusk
fish.
Polylactic
a
low
weight
semi-crystalline
bioplastic
used
in
agriculture,
medicine,
packaging
textile.
one
most
widely
biopolymers,
accounting
for
33%
all
produced
2021.
Although
vivo,
not
completely
degradable
under
natural
conditions,
notably
aquatic
conditions.
disintegrates
into
microplastics
faster
than
petroleum-based
may
pose
severe
threats
exposed
biota.
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
16, P. 100256 - 100256
Published: Feb. 16, 2023
Due
to
the
accumulation
of
an
enormous
amount
plastic
waste
from
municipal
and
industrial
sources
in
landfills,
landfill
leachate
is
becoming
a
significant
reservoir
microplastics.
The
release
microplastics
into
environment
can
have
undesirable
effects
on
humans
biota.
This
study
provides
state
science
regarding
source,
detection,
occurrence,
remediation
based
comprehensive
review
scientific
literature,
mostly
recent
decade.
Solid
wastewater
treatment
residue
are
primary
leachate.
Microplastic
concentration
raw
treated
varied
between
0-382
0-2.7
items
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