2026 December - 43 articles
Multi-year series of surface microplastics at fixed stations are scarce in the Mediterranean, so episodic variability cannot be separated from persistent contamination. This study aimed to quantify the interannual variability of surface microplastics...
Nanoplastic detection sensitivity employing Raman Spectroscopy is often restricted by their low abundance, weak scattering response, and spatially dispersed distribution. This study presents a proof-of-concept electrolysis-induced shrinking surface m...
This review critically examines current evidence regarding the ability of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) to interact with and traverse the blood–brain barrier (BBB), their neurotoxic effects, and their potential relevance to pathways ass...
Microplastic pollution is a significant and growing environmental concern. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most prevalent microplastics, posing substantial risks to aquatic ecosystems. A promising removal technique is magnetic extracti...
Polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs) are increasingly recognized as environmental contaminants with potential implications for human health. However, the changes that polystyrene undergoes under environmental conditions, as well as the cellular stress r...
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are recognized as contaminants of relevance to human health. However, medical devices remain an insufficiently explored source of exposure. This review evaluates evidence on the release of MPs and NPs from p...
A growing number of reports document microplastic (MP) contamination in bottled water, and because bottled water is consumed directly, it represents a plausible route of human exposure; however, published concentrations differ substantially across st...
Textile microfibres are pervasive anthropogenic debris in coastal ecosystems. Although their effects on marine organisms are increasingly documented, the relative effects of direct fibre exposure and fibre-derived leachates, and differences between n...
Microplastic (MP) pollution is an increasing environmental concern in coastal areas exposed to anthropogenic pressure, although its ecological and human-health implications depend on exposure, bioavailability, and potential effects. This study assess...
Microplastics are now pervasive across environmental compartments, ingested by more than 1500 species, and detected in human tissues, yet policy responses remain fragmented and inadequate. Annual microplastic inputs to the environment are estimated a...
Microplastic (MP) contamination in wastewater is an emerging environmental concern. This study evaluated electrocoagulation (EC) using Al–Al electrodes to remove high-density polyethylene microplastics (HDPE-MP) from synthetic water and real mu...
Marine oil spills and microplastic (MP) pollution frequently coexist, but the effects of microplastic aging on microplastic–oil agglomerates’ (MOAs) formation and transport remain poorly resolved. In this study, polybutylene terephthalate...
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous freshwater contaminants, but their associations with biological characteristics of wild fish remain insufficiently understood. This study investigated MP ingestion by the common bleak (Alburnus alburnus) across thre...
Microplastics (MPs) discharged in sewage treatment plant (STP) effluents vary with influent concentration, particle morphology and temporal conditions, but predictive studies can be weakened by data leakage, limited benchmarking and mechanistic overi...
The proliferation of microplastics and nanoplastics is a global environmental challenge, particularly because of their biological uptake, bioaccumulation, biomagnification, and trophic transfer across ecosystems. This study presents a bibliometric an...
Microplastics (MPs) represent a growing threat to terrestrial ecosystems, affecting soil physicochemical properties, nutrient availability, and plant physiology. These contaminants promote the formation of the plastisphere, a soil–plastic inter...
The market rise in innovative vegan food products has been driven by global dietary trends moving toward plant-rich models. Nevertheless, new xenobiotics, such as microplastics (MPs), may be introduced via plastic packaging and multi-step industrial...
Microplastic pollution has become a growing concern in coastal ecosystems, due to its persistence and potential ecological impacts. This study evaluates the seasonal differences in microplastic abundance in the Coatzacoalcos beach sediments, Veracruz...
Market-sold seafood can integrate anthropogenic particles (APs) including artificial solid/microparticles from aquatic environments and introduced during capture, transport, storage, or retail handling. This study found visually suspected fiber-like...
Understanding how communities perceive and respond to plastic pollution is essential, as microplastics (MPs) represent a global environmental challenge with potential implications for ecosystems, human health, and food security; however, knowledge re...
Table salt (NaCl) has played a vital role throughout human history, serving diverse functions including food preservation, flavor enhancement, currency, and use in scientific applications. As most salt is derived from seawater evaporation, concerns h...
Multifunctional urban lakes provide ecosystem services but may accumulate plastic waste from surrounding activities. This study assessed plastic pollution along the shoreline and within a sampled bottom-deposition area of Bung Xang Lake, Can Tho City...
Environmental exposure to nanoplastics (NPLs) is an emerging concern for human health, yet their effects on lymphatic endothelium remain poorly understood. We investigated the effects induced by repeated exposure of the murine lymph node endothelial...
Microplastics (MPs) have become global, persistent pollutants found across multiple environments, posing significant ecological and public health challenges. This review provides an in-depth analysis of microplastic contamination, detailing its origi...
Microplastics are increasingly detected throughout food-production systems, from agricultural soils and irrigation waters to aquaculture environments, food-processing facilities, and final food products. Beyond their role as contaminants and microbia...
The long-term biological fate of nanoplastics (NPs; <100 nm) in human tissues remains uncertain. Beyond acute toxicity, we propose a conceptual biological framework based on three interlinked pillars of host response: (1) biomolecular corona adapt...
Existing plastic pollution research has focused predominantly on aquatic ecosystems, while the development, thematic evolution, and research performance of terrestrial plastic pollution remain underexplored. To address this gap, this study provides a...
Circulating micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) have been linked to ischaemic heart disease, but the clinical evidence rests on bulk, mass-based assays applied to predefined polymer panels in blood obtained during invasive coronary procedures. Whether the...
This study presents a surface-engineered TiO2 photocatalyst that significantly accelerates the early stages of polyolefin oxidation. Piperonyl maleate (PipM) was synthesized and grafted onto surface hydroxyl groups of TiO2, producing a hybrid photoca...
Micro(nano) plastics (MNPs) are an unquestionable and significant environmental problem because of their greater persistence, widespread use and possible incursion into terrestrial ecosystems, particularly plants. The complex interactions between MNP...
Microplastic contamination of soils is influenced by both land use and anthropogenic inputs, yet the extent to which polymer composition reflects potential sources remains poorly understood. In this study, microplastics were quantified in soils under...
Microplastics have become a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, widely distributed across various media within natural ecosystems and human living environments. Currently, scholars have primarily focused on the characteristics of microplastics in nat...
Microplastics are increasingly recognized as contaminants that may affect seed germination and early seedling establishment, yet the ecological significance of these responses under natural soil conditions remains uncertain. Evidence from controlled...
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) have emerged as ubiquitous environmental contaminants, with dietary ingestion serving as the primary route of human exposure. While their capacity to induce localized epithelial damage is well recognized, recent evidenc...
Microplastic-associated biofilms (plastisphere) have been proposed as potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), potential pathogens, and opportunistic microorganisms. However, information on freshwater ecosystems remains limited. In...
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental issue, yet little is known about how plastics degrade and interact with microbes under polar conditions, especially upon entering the marine environment. Here, we report the first in situ time-serie...
Microplastic contamination is an increasing concern in terrestrial ecosystems, yet behavioral responses of soil-dwelling organisms remain less studied than conventional toxicity endpoints. This laboratory study assessed avoidance and mortality in thr...
Microplastic (MP) contamination of agricultural soils is an emerging environmental concern because MPs may alter soil physicochemical properties and nutrient dynamics. However, information on polymer- and soil-dependent responses in South Asian agric...
Polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) are emerging environmental contaminants associated with adverse effects on human health, including renal injury. However, protective strategies against microplastic-induced nephrotoxicity remain limited. This study...
Airborne plastic particles are a potential route of human inhalation exposure. We compared short-term responses of human embryonic lung fibroblasts to four sub-100 nm nanoplastic formulations: crosslinked PMMA particles (PMMA-70, PMMA-90) and styrene...
Glitter is an intentionally manufactured microplastic widely used in consumer products and industrial applications, yet public awareness of its environmental implications remains poorly investigated. This study assessed public awareness, perceptions...
In this study, it was aimed to determine the occurrence, concentration and polymer types of microplastics in the stomach, intestine and gill tissues of pelagic fish species including bonito (Sarda sarda), horse mackerel (Trachurus mediterraneus), and...
The rapid expansion of aquaculture has increased its reliance on plastic-based infrastructure and materials, creating opportunities for microplastic (MP) contamination from culture systems, surrounding waters, and formulated feeds. This review synthe...
