To what extent are we really free from airborne microplastics?

Standardization of the minimum information for publication of infrared-related data when microplastics are characterized

(2020) Jose M. Andrade et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Food-web transfer of microplastics between wild caught fish and crustaceans in East China Sea

(2019) Feng Zhang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A novel method enabling the accurate quantification of microplastics in the water column of deep ocean

(2019) Kai Liu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

White and wonderful? Microplastics prevail in snow from the Alps to the Arctic

(2019) Melanie Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

Accurate quantification and transport estimation of suspended atmospheric microplastics in megacities: Implications for human health

(2019) Kai Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The ocean’s ultimate trashcan: Hadal trenches as major depositories for plastic pollution

(2019) Guyu Peng et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in oysters Saccostrea cucullata along the Pearl River Estuary, China

(2018) Heng-Xiang Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundance, composition, and distribution of microplastics larger than 20 μm in sand beaches of South Korea

(2018) Soeun Eo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

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

Microplastic risk assessment in surface waters: A case study in the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2018) Pei Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in North Yellow Sea, China: Observations on occurrence, distribution and identification

(2018) Lin Zhu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in Korean Coastal Waters

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

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

(2017) Rachid Dris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

Detection of low numbers of microplastics in North Sea fish using strict quality assurance criteria

(2017) Enya Hermsen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Raman microspectroscopic analysis of fibers in beverages

(2016) Alexandra C. Wiesheu et al.   Analytical Methods

Microplastic Ingestion by Wild and Cultured Manila Clams (Venerupis philippinarum) from Baynes Sound, British Columbia

(2016) Katie Davidson et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

High levels of microplastic ingestion by the semipelagic fish bogue Boops boops (L.) around the Balearic Islands

(2016) M.A. Nadal et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Is there any consistency between the microplastics found in the field and those used in laboratory experiments?

(2016) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seawater from the Western Pacific to the Southern Ocean (17.5°N to 69.2°S) and Their Inventories on the Antarctic Shelf

(2016) Minggang Cai 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

Microplastics in coastal sediments from Southern Portuguese shelf waters

(2016) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic ingestion by Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua ) from the Norwegian coast

(2016) Inger Lise N. Bråte 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

Plastic ingestion by pelagic and demersal fish from the North Sea and Baltic Sea

(2016) Christoph D. Rummel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sinking rates of microplastics and potential implications of their alteration by physical, biological, and chemical factors

(2016) Nicole Kowalski et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Detection of Anthropogenic Particles in Fish Stomachs: An Isolation Method Adapted to Identification by Raman Spectroscopy

(2015) France Collard et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics in commercial bivalves from China

(2015) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A critical view on microplastic quantification in aquatic organisms

(2015) Griet Vandermeersch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Occurrence and Spatial Distribution of Microplastics in River Shore Sediments of the Rhine-Main Area in Germany

(2015) Sascha Klein et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Experimental development of a new protocol for extraction and characterization of microplastics in fish tissues: First observations in commercial species from Adriatic Sea

(2015) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments from Norderney

(2014) Jens H. Dekiff et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Quality assessment of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): Comparison between commercial and wild types

(2014) B. De Witte et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Validated and opportunistic sampling

(2014) Amy L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic debris in the open ocean

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

Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

(2014) Matthew Cole et al.   Scientific Reports

The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris

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

Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments

(2013) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic in North Sea Fish

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

Gooseneck barnacles (Lepasspp.) ingest microplastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2013) Miriam C. Goldstein et al.   PeerJ