Plastic debris and policy: Using current scientific understanding to invoke positive change

New Link in the Food Chain? Marine Plastic Pollution and Seafood Safety

(2015) Nate Seltenrich   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Seabirds, gyres and global trends in plastic pollution

(2015) Jan A. van Franeker et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Accumulation of floating microplastics behind the Three Gorges Dam

(2015) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Scientific Evidence Supports a Ban on Microbeads

(2015) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?

(2015) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics: addressing ecological risk through lessons learned

(2015) Kristian Syberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The impact of debris on marine life

(2015) S.C. Gall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic pollution in five urban estuaries of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2015) Trishan Naidoo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Linking effects of anthropogenic debris to ecological impacts

(2015) M. A. Browne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

(2014) Rowshyra A. Castañeda et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

The Danube so colourful: A potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish larvae in Europe's second largest river

(2014) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Comparison of the distribution and degradation of plastic debris along shorelines of the Great Lakes, North America

(2014) Maciej Zbyszewski et al.   JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH

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

Early warning signs of endocrine disruption in adult fish from the ingestion of polyethylene with and without sorbed chemical pollutants from the marine environment

(2014) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

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

Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity

(2013) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

(2013) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Increased oceanic microplastic debris enhances oviposition in an endemic pelagic insect

(2012) M. C. Goldstein et al.   Biology Letters

Uptake and Effects of Microplastics on Cells and Tissue of the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an Experimental Exposure

(2012) Nadia von Moos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

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

A Thermodynamic Approach for Assessing the Environmental Exposure of Chemicals Absorbed to Microplastic

(2011) Todd Gouin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spatial Patterns of Plastic Debris along Estuarine Shorelines

(2010) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Lobster trap impact on coral reefs: Effects of wind‐driven trap movement

(2010) Cynthia F. Lewis et al.   NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

What is technology assessment?

(2009) David Banta   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN HEALTH CARE

International Pellet Watch: Global monitoring of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in coastal waters. 1. Initial phase data on PCBs, DDTs, and HCHs

(2009) Yuko Ogata et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings--entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions

(2009) M. R. Gregory   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES