Pollution by anthropogenic microfibers in North-West Mediterranean Sea and efficiency of microfiber removal by a wastewater treatment plant

Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment

(2020) Jill Crossman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microfibers in oceanic surface waters: A global characterization

(2020) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   Science Advances

Closing the Mediterranean Marine Floating Plastic Mass Budget: Inverse Modeling of Sources and Sinks

(2020) Mikael L. A. Kaandorp et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: toxicity and impact for the environment and human health

(2020) Marta Llorca et al.   Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry

A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution

(2019) Fredric M. Windsor et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastics in Mediterranean Sea: A protocol to robustly assess contamination characteristics

(2019) Mikaël Kedzierski et al.   PLoS One

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microplastic abundance in atmospheric deposition within the Metropolitan area of Hamburg, Germany

(2019) Malin Klein et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Consistent Transport of Terrestrial Microplastics to the Ocean through Atmosphere

(2019) Kai Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Airborne microplastics: a review study on method for analysis, occurrence, movement and risks

(2019) Christian Ebere Enyoh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Plastic sources: A survey across scientific and grey literature for their inventory and relative contribution to microplastics pollution in natural environments, with an emphasis on surface water

(2019) Silvia Galafassi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Atmospheric microplastic deposition in an urban environment and an evaluation of transport

(2019) S.L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Reference database design for the automated analysis of microplastic samples based on Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy

(2018) Sebastian Primpke 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

Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal

(2018) Ana I. Catarino et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evaluation of microplastic release caused by textile washing processes of synthetic fabrics

(2018) Francesca De Falco et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms

(2018) Melissa R. Jung et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics at selected coastal sites along the southeastern United States

(2018) Xubiao Yu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The imprint of microfibres in southern European deep seas

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

Transport and fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: implications to environmental health

(2018) Subash Raju et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Are We Underestimating Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Environments?

(2017) Jeremy L. Conkle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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

(2017) Rachid Dris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Quantifying shedding of synthetic fibers from textiles; a source of microplastics released into the environment

(2017) Bethanie M. Carney Almroth et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Characteristic of microplastics in the atmospheric fallout from Dongguan city, China: preliminary research and first evidence

(2017) Liqi Cai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Prevention through policy: Urban macroplastic leakages to the marine environment during extreme rainfall events

(2017) Charles Axelsson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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 of microplastic in effluents of waste water treatment plants using focal plane array-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging

(2017) S.M. Mintenig et al.   WATER RESEARCH

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

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

Influence of wastewater treatment plant discharges on microplastic concentrations in surface water

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Sorption of non-polar organic compounds by micro-sized plastic particles in aqueous solution

(2016) Thorsten Hüffer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2016) Sherri A. Mason et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic Debris in 29 Great Lakes Tributaries: Relations to Watershed Attributes and Hydrology

(2016) Austin K. Baldwin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microfiber Masses Recovered from Conventional Machine Washing of New or Aged Garments

(2016) Niko L. Hartline et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

(2016) Fionn Murphy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Emissions of microplastic fibers from microfiber fleece during domestic washing

(2016) U. Pirc et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Synthetic fibers in atmospheric fallout: A source of microplastics in the environment?

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination in natural mussel beds from a Brazilian urbanized coastal region: Rapid evaluation through bioassessment

(2016) M.F.M. Santana et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Marine microplastics spell big problems for future generations

(2016) Tamara S. Galloway et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Fate of microplastics and other small anthropogenic litter (SAL) in wastewater treatment plants depends on unit processes employed

(2016) Marlies R. Michielssen et al.   Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology

Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

(2016) Maria Luiza Pedrotti et al.   PLoS One

Plastic pollution of the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench area (NW pacific)

(2015) Viola Fischer et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Microplastic contamination in an urban area: a case study in Greater Paris

(2015) Rachid Dris et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Using a forensic science approach to minimize environmental contamination and to identify microfibres in marine sediments

(2015) Lucy C. Woodall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area

(2015) Lisa I. Devriese et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastic fibers in the intertidal ecosystem surrounding Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia

(2014) Alysse Mathalon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic in North Sea Fish

(2013) Edwin M. Foekema et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways

(2013) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel

(2012) A.L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

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

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   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

Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH