Sven Huppertsberg

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the state-of-the-science on microplastics types and particle concentrations in freshwater ecosystems, MP and nanoplastics uptake and tissue translocation, MP/NP-induced effects in freshwater organisms, and capabilities of MP and NP to modulate the toxicity of environmental chemicals.

TL;DR: Most of the described methods are applicable depending on the defined analytical question, whereas thermo-analytical methods are faster but lack the ability to determine the size distribution in samples.

TL;DR: It is argued that there are yet no suitable analytical methods for the quantification of WSPs in environmental matrices and proposed an analytical method that utilizes size exclusion chromatography - mass spectrometry to detect and potentially also quantify W SPs through specific fragments generated by in-source fragmentation.

TL;DR: In this article, the adverse effects of polystyrene particles (104 particles/L) and the pesticide methiocarb (1 ǫ/L), both by themselves as well as in combination after a 96-h laboratory exposure, were investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extracted particles prepared from nine tires in artificial freshwater (28 d) with the goal to characterize leachables (max intensity >105) which are tire-borne water contaminants.