We distinguish ocean-based and land-based sources of microplastics. Microplastics have been found in biological samples such as faeces, sputum, saliva, blood and placenta. Cancer, …

They cause pollution by entering natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, construction, renovation, food packaging, and industrial processes. The …

2024年8月12日 · Accumulation of Microplastics (MPs) in diverse ecosystems is a growing global problem of our time. These are entering into the environment directly (micro-sized plastics …

2024年9月19日 · Microplastics arise from multiple sources, including tires, textiles, cosmetics, paint, and the fragmentation of larger items. They are widely distributed throughout the natural …

2018年4月6日 · Research on microplastic pollution (small particles of plastic <5 mm in size) has long focused on their largest sink: the ocean. More recently, however, researchers have …

Here, we review the sources, formation, occurrence, toxicity and remediation methods of microplastics. We distinguish ocean-based and land-based sources of microplastics. …

2021年4月5日 · Source, accumulation, fate, and human exposure pathways of microplastics in the environment. Microplastics are widely distributed in various environmental compartments (e.g., …

2021年12月1日 · Microplastics (MPs) are omnipresent and enter into the environment due to the indiscriminate usage in various industrial productions like cleaning and cosmetics products, …

Microplastics (plastics smaller than 5mm, approximately the length of an average red ant) can either enter the environment at the micro-sized scale (primary microplastics) or fragment from …

4 天之前 · Contamination Sources. The rise of urbanization and our activities have led to a widespread global environmental issue, such as the pollution of MPs via stormwater runoff …