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Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions
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The sources and global distribution of microplastics in the environment, the fate and impact on marine biota, especially the food chain are described and the control measures discussed are those mapped out by both national and international environmental organizations for combating the impact from microplastic pollution.About:
This article is published in Environment International.The article was published on 2017-05-01. It has received 1487 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microplastics.read more
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Bridging Three Gaps in Biodegradable Plastics: Misconceptions and Truths About Biodegradation
TL;DR: In this article, a mini-review aims to bridge the following three gaps in biodegradable plastics by elucidating the common misconceptions and truths about biodegradation: i) the gaps among reported biodegrading level of biodegentable plastics; ii) the gap between the biode degradation conditions in the controlled laboratory system and in the natural environment; and iii) the discrepancies between public perception and the actual environmental fate of bi degradeable products.
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Plastics in surface water of southern coastal belt of Sri Lanka (Northern Indian Ocean): Distribution and characterization by FTIR.
A.M.A.I.K. Athapaththu,G.G.N. Thushari,P.C.B. Dias,A.P. Abeygunawardena,K.P.U.T. Egodauyana,N.P.P. Liyanage,H.M.J.C. Pitawala,J.D.M. Senevirathna +7 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the occurrence, quantification, and the spatial and temporal distribution of plastics in coastal surface water from 12 coastal regions in southern part of Sri Lanka found blue-colored MPs were highly abundant in this coastal line.
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Recent approaches and advanced wastewater treatment technologies for mitigating emerging microplastics contamination - A critical review.
Radhakrishnan Yedhu Krishnan,Sivasubramanian Manikandan,R. Subbaiya,Natchimuthu Karmegam,Woong Chan Kim,Muthusamy Govarthanan +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors used membrane bioreactors, rapid sand filtration, electrocoagulation, and photocatalytic degradation to remove microplastics from wastewater treatment plants.
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Influence of polystyrene microplastic and nanoplastic on copper toxicity in two freshwater microalgae.
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of polystyrene (PS) MP/NP on microalgae after long-term exposure (i.e., longer than 4 days) was investigated.
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Acute and chronic combined effect of polystyrene microplastics and dibutyl phthalate on the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus
TL;DR: Overall, antagonistic toxicity effect between the two pollutants was observed for both acute and chronic tests, but the mechanisms of the interaction between DBP and mPS were different.
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Microplastics in the marine environment
TL;DR: The mechanisms of generation and potential impacts of microplastics in the ocean environment are discussed, and the increasing levels of plastic pollution of the oceans are understood, it is important to better understand the impact of microPlastic in the Ocean food web.
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Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments.
TL;DR: Global plastics production and the accumulation of plastic waste are documented, showing that trends in mega- and macro-plastic accumulation rates are no longer uniformly increasing and that the average size of plastic particles in the environment seems to be decreasing.
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Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review.
TL;DR: Ingestion of microplastics has been demonstrated in a range of marine organisms, a process which may facilitate the transfer of chemical additives or hydrophobic waterborne pollutants to biota.
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Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification
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,Laurent Lebreton,Henry S. Carson,Martin Thiel,Charles J. Moore,Jose C. Borerro,François Galgani,Peter G. Ryan,Julia Reisser +8 more
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.