What we need to know about PPE associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the marine environment

Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

(2020) Susanne Kühn et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ranking environmental degradation trends of plastic marine debris based on physical properties and molecular structure

(2020) Kyungjun Min et al.   Nature Communications

Prevalence of microplastic contamination in the digestive tract of fishes from mangrove ecosystem in Cispata, Colombian Caribbean

(2020) Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions on the Use and Management of Plastics

(2020) Joana C. Prata et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Environmental perspective of COVID-19

(2020) Saeida Saadat et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Challenges and strategies for effective plastic waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Kumar Raja Vanapalli et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Management of used personal protective equipment and wastes related to COVID-19 in South Korea

(2020) Seung-Whee Rhee   WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH

Face Masks in the New COVID-19 Normal: Materials, Testing, and Perspectives

(2020) Ming Hui Chua et al.   Research

Surgical face masks as a potential source for microplastic pollution in the COVID-19 scenario

(2020) Tadele Assefa Aragaw   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Accumulation of plastic waste during COVID-19

(2020) Tanveer M. Adyel   SCIENCE

Interactions between microplastics and organic compounds in aquatic environments: A mini review

(2020) Weiping Mei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment

(2020) Oluniyi O. Fadare et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Will COVID-19 Containment and Treatment Measures Drive Shifts in Marine Litter Pollution?

(2020) João Canning-Clode et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Risks of floating microplastic in the global ocean

(2020) G. Everaert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Global distribution of two polystyrene-derived contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2020) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Increased plastic pollution due to COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations

(2020) Ana L. Patrício Silva et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

New plastic formations in the Anthropocene

(2020) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sinking of floating plastic debris caused by biofilm development in a freshwater lake

(2019) Xianchuan Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Leaching of endocrine disrupting chemicals from marine microplastics and mesoplastics under common life stress conditions

(2019) Qiqing Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Marine invertebrate larvae love plastics: Habitat selection and settlement on artificial substrates

(2019) Javier Pinochet et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics: an emerging threat to food security and human health

(2019) Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre   JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-MYSORE

Selective enrichment of bacterial pathogens by microplastic biofilm

(2019) Xiaojian Wu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Plastic ingestion by blue shark Prionace glauca in the South Pacific Ocean (south of the Peruvian Sea)

(2019) César Fernández et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

(2019) Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Travelling light: Fouling biota on macroplastics arriving on beaches of remote Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2018) Sabine Rech et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Face shields for infection control: A review

(2016) Raymond J. Roberge   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE

The influence of substrate material on ascidian larval settlement

(2016) Anna L. Chase et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Potential of Electrospun Nanofibers for Biomedical and Dental Applications

(2016) Muhammad Zafar et al.   Materials

Toxicity of leachate from weathering plastics: An exploratory screening study with Nitocra spinipes

(2015) Sofia Bejgarn et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

(2011) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biofilms in drinking water and their role as reservoir for pathogens

(2011) Jost Wingender et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES