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Microplastics' emissions: Microfibers’ detachment from textile garments

(2019) Francisco Belzagui et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Letter to the Editor Regarding “Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris”

(2019) Michael Stark   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microfibers generated from the laundering of cotton, rayon and polyester based fabrics and their aquatic biodegradation

(2019) Marielis C. Zambrano et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Freshwater and airborne textile fibre populations are dominated by ‘natural’, not microplastic, fibres

(2019) Thomas Stanton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Uptake and adverse effects of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics fibers on terrestrial snails (Achatina fulica) after soil exposure

(2019) Yang Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Human Consumption of Microplastics

(2019) Kieran D. Cox et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A practical approach based on FT-IR spectroscopy for identification of semi-synthetic and natural celluloses in microplastic investigation

(2019) Huiwen Cai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution

(2019) Francesca De Falco et al.   Scientific Reports

Microfibers: a preliminary discussion on their definition and sources

(2019) Jianli Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Laundering and textile parameters influence fibers release in household washings

(2019) Flavia Salvador Cesa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Sampling microfibres at the sea surface: The effects of mesh size, sample volume and water depth

(2019) Peter G. Ryan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Identification of Microfibers in the Environment Using Multiple Lines of Evidence

(2019) Xia Zhu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Comparison of μ-ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and py-GCMS as identification tools for microplastic particles and fibers isolated from river sediments

(2018) Andrea Käppler et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Marine environment microfiber contamination: Global patterns and the diversity of microparticle origins

(2018) A.P.W. Barrows et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Synthetic microfibers in the marine environment: A review on their occurrence in seawater and sediments

(2018) J. Gago et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anthropogenic contamination of tap water, beer, and sea salt

(2018) Mary Kosuth et al.   PLoS One

Synthetic and non-synthetic anthropogenic fibers in a river under the impact of Paris Megacity: Sampling methodological aspects and flux estimations

(2018) Rachid Dris et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Quantification of microfibre levels in South Africa's beach sediments, and evaluation of spatial and temporal variability from 2016 to 2017

(2018) S. de Villiers   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in Korean Coastal Waters

(2018) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The imprint of microfibres in southern European deep seas

(2018) Anna Sanchez-Vidal et al.   PLoS One

Pollution characteristics and fate of microfibers in the wastewater from textile dyeing wastewater treatment plant

(2018) Xia Xu et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microfibres from apparel and home textiles: Prospects for including microplastics in environmental sustainability assessment

(2018) Beverley Henry et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A first overview of textile fibers, including microplastics, in indoor and outdoor environments

(2017) Rachid Dris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Release of polyester and cotton fibers from textiles in machine washings

(2017) Markus Sillanpää et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Mountains to the sea: River study of plastic and non-plastic microfiber pollution in the northeast USA

(2017) Rachael Z. Miller et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anthropogenic fibres in the Baltic Sea water column: Field data, laboratory and numerical testing of their motion

(2017) A. Bagaev et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: An emerging area of research

(2017) Catherine L. Waller et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Synthetic fibers as microplastics in the marine environment: A review from textile perspective with a focus on domestic washings

(2017) Flavia Salvador Cesa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Identification and classification of textile fibres using ATR-FT-IR spectroscopy with chemometric methods

(2017) Pilleriin Peets et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Sources and dispersive modes of micro-fibers in the environment

(2017) Steve A Carr   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

On the Identification of Rayon/Viscose as a Major Fraction of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Discrimination between Natural and Manmade Cellulosic Fibers Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

(2016) Ionela Raluca Comnea-Stancu et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Uptake and effects of microplastic textile fibers on freshwater crustacean Daphnia magna

(2016) Anita Jemec et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

No microplastics in benthic eelpout ( Zoarces viviparus ): An urgent need for spectroscopic analyses in microplastic detection

(2016) Charlotte Wesch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Anthropogenic microfibres pollution in marine biota. A new and simple methodology to minimize airborne contamination

(2016) Michele Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditions

(2016) Imogen E. Napper et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microscopic anthropogenic litter in terrestrial birds from Shanghai, China: Not only plastics but also natural fibers

(2016) Shiye Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastic microfibre ingestion by deep-sea organisms

(2016) M. L. Taylor et al.   Scientific Reports

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

(2016) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   Scientific Reports

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Ingestion of Plastic Microfibers by the Crab Carcinus maenas and Its Effect on Food Consumption and Energy Balance

(2015) Andrew J. R. Watts et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

When Microplastic Is Not Plastic: The Ingestion of Artificial Cellulose Fibers by Macrofauna Living in Seagrass Macrophytodetritus

(2015) François Remy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

(2014) Rachel W. Obbard et al.   Earths Future

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

(2014) L. C. Woodall et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Environmental contamination in Antarctic ecosystems

(2008) R. Bargagli   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT