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Application of nuclear techniques to environmental plastics research.

Chantal M. Lanctôt, +10 more
- 01 Dec 2018 - 
- Vol. 192, pp 368-375
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How radiotracing techniques that are commonly applied to trace the fate and behaviour of chemicals and particles in various systems, can contribute towards addressing several important and outstanding questions in environmental plastic pollution research are highlighted.
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This article is published in Journal of Environmental Radioactivity.The article was published on 2018-12-01 and is currently open access. It has received 29 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microplastics & Plastic pollution.

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Particulate plastics as a vector for toxic trace-element uptake by aquatic and terrestrial organisms and human health risk.

Lauren Bradney, +10 more
- 01 Oct 2019 - 
TL;DR: Particulate plastics made of synthetic polymers, their origin, and characteristics are described with emphasis on how particulate plastics and associated toxic trace elements contaminate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
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Micro- and nanoplastic toxicity on aquatic life: Determining factors.

Tanja Kögel, +4 more
- 20 Mar 2020 - 
TL;DR: It is suggested that plastic particle toxicity depends on concentration, particle size, exposure time, particle condition, shape and polymer type, as well as contaminant background, food availability, species, developmental stage and sex.
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Uptake, Whole-Body Distribution, and Depuration of Nanoplastics by the Scallop Pecten maximus at Environmentally Realistic Concentrations

Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh, +5 more
- 20 Nov 2018 - 
TL;DR: P pulse exposures of 14C-radiolabeled nanopolystyrene to a commercially important mollusk at what have been predicted to be environmentally relevant concentrations are presented, finding that particle size apparently influenced the biokinetics and suggests a need for chronic exposure studies.
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Use of fluorescent-labelled nanoplastics (NPs) to demonstrate NP absorption is inconclusive without adequate controls

A.I. Catarino, +2 more
- 20 Jun 2019 - 
TL;DR: Commercial fluorescent-labelled nanoPS can leach their fluorophores, and the fluorophore alone can accumulate within internal tissues of zebrafish larvae, demonstrating that NP absorption based on observations of fluorescence in zebra fish tissues should be considered inconclusive.
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Biofilm-enhanced adsorption of strong and weak cations onto different microplastic sample types: Use of spectroscopy, microscopy and radiotracer methods.

Mathew P. Johansen, +5 more
- 01 Jul 2019 - 
TL;DR: The adsorption capacity of relatively strong and weak cations onto different microplastic sample types that were conditioned in freshwater, estuarine and marine conditions was investigated, suggesting environmental plastics act broadly as a sink for the key pervasive environmental radionuclides associated with releases from nuclear activities.
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Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz, +3 more
- 02 Mar 2012 - 
TL;DR: This review of 68 studies compares the methodologies used for the identification and quantification of microplastics from the marine environment and suggests standardized sampling procedures which allow the spatiotemporal comparison ofmicroplastic abundance across marine environments.
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Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

Marcus Eriksen, +8 more
- 10 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: The total number of plastic particles and their weight floating in the world's oceans is estimated from 24 expeditions across all five sub-tropical gyres, costal Australia, Bay of Bengal and the Mediterranean Sea conducting surface net tows and visual survey transects of large plastic debris.
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The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: a review.

Stephanie L. Wright, +2 more
- 31 Jul 2013 - 
TL;DR: This review focuses on marine invertebrates and their susceptibility to the physical impacts of microplastic uptake and an assessment of the relative susceptibility of different feeding guilds.
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Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

Emma L. Teuten, +26 more
- 27 Jul 2009 - 
TL;DR: Model calculations and experimental observations consistently show that polyethylene accumulates more organic contaminants than other plastics such as polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride, and PCBs could transfer from contaminated plastics to streaked shearwater chicks.
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Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

Matthew Cole, +6 more
- 06 Jun 2013 - 
TL;DR: It is shown that microplastics are ingested by, and may impact upon, zooplankton, and imply that marine microplastic debris can negatively impact upon zoopLankton function and health.
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