Are We Underestimating Anthropogenic Microfiber Pollution? A Critical Review of Occurrence, Methods, and Reporting

Synthetic and natural microfibers induce gut damage in the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana

(2021) Lia Kim et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Collaboration and infrastructure is needed to develop an African perspective on micro(nano)plastic pollution

(2021) Holly Astrid Nel et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Pervasive distribution of polyester fibres in the Arctic Ocean is driven by Atlantic inputs

(2021) Peter S. Ross et al.   Nature Communications

Quantification and exposure assessment of microplastics in Australian indoor house dust

(2021) Neda Sharifi Soltani et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Anthropogenic particles (including microfibers and microplastics) in marine sediments of the Canadian Arctic

(2021) Jennifer K. Adams et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Increasing the Accessibility for Characterizing Microplastics: Introducing New Application-Based and Spectral Libraries of Plastic Particles (SLoPP and SLoPP-E)

(2020) Keenan Munno et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microfibre release to water, via laundering, and to air, via everyday use: a comparison between polyester clothing with differing textile parameters

(2020) Francesca De Falco et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic accumulation in a Zostera marina L. bed at Deerness Sound, Orkney, Scotland

(2020) Katherine L. Jones et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Aerobic biodegradation in freshwater and marine environments of textile microfibers generated in clothes laundering: Effects of cellulose and polyester-based microfibers on the microbiome

(2020) Marielis C. Zambrano et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

EXPRESS: Reporting Guidelines to Increase the Reproducibility and Comparability of Research on Microplastics

(2020) Win Cowger et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Are we underestimating microplastic abundance in the marine environment? A comparison of microplastic capture with nets of different mesh-size

(2020) Penelope K. Lindeque et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The origin of microplastic fiber in polyester textiles: The textile production process matters

(2020) Yaping Cai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Macro-, meso- and microplastic debris in the beaches of Tuticorin district, Southeast coast of India

(2020) K. Immaculate Jeyasanta et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Barnacles as potential bioindicator of microplastic pollution in Hong Kong

(2020) X.-Y. Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Moss as a biomonitor for the atmospheric deposition of anthropogenic microfibres

(2020) Brett Roblin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Greenland Sea Gyre increases microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Nordic Seas

(2020) Yong Jiang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics entering northwestern Lake Ontario are diverse and linked to urban sources

(2020) Jelena Grbić et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Nearshore spatio-temporal sea surface trawls of plastic debris in the Balearic Islands

(2020) Montserrat Compa et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in the surface waters of the Chesapeake Bay

(2020) J. Bikker et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Impacts of organic matter digestion protocols on synthetic, artificial and natural raw fibers

(2020) Robin Treilles et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The role of wet wipes and sanitary towels as a source of white microplastic fibres in the marine environment

(2020) Oisín Ó Briain et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Methods Matter: Methods for Sampling Microplastic and other Anthropogenic Particles and Their Implications for Monitoring and Ecological Risk Assessment

(2020) Charlotte Hung et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Microplastic accumulation in the gastrointestinal tracts in birds of prey in central Florida, USA

(2020) Julia Carlin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evidence of microplastics from benthic jellyfish (Cassiopea xamachana) in Florida estuaries

(2020) Samantha M. Iliff et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The importance of contamination control in airborne fibers and microplastic sampling: Experiences from indoor and outdoor air sampling in Aveiro, Portugal

(2020) Joana C. Prata et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Synthetic microfiber emissions to land rival those to waterbodies and are growing

(2020) Jenna Gavigan et al.   PLoS One

Electric clothes dryers: An underestimated source of microfiber pollution

(2020) Kirsten J. Kapp et al.   PLoS One

Microfiber from textile dyeing and printing wastewater of a typical industrial park in China: Occurrence, removal and release

(2020) Hongjie Zhou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An overview of recent advances in micro/nano beads and microfibers research: Critical assessment and promoting the less known

(2020) Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy 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

The Widespread Environmental Footprint of Indigo Denim Microfibers from Blue Jeans

(2020) Samantha N. Athey et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Assessing the effects of textile leachates in fish using multiple testing methods: From gene expression to behavior

(2020) Bethanie Carney Almroth et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Independence of microplastic ingestion from environmental load in the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) from the Rhine river using high quality standards

(2020) Sophie Bosshart et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Reusable masks for COVID-19: A missing piece of the microplastic problem during the global health crisis

(2020) V.C. Shruti et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Beyond plastic microbeads – Short-term feeding of cellulose and polyester microfibers to the freshwater amphipod Gammarus duebeni

(2020) Alicia Mateos-Cárdenas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Cigarette butts as a microfiber source with a microplastic level of concern

(2020) Francisco Belzagui et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Transfer and effects of PET microfibers in Chironomus riparius

(2020) Lydia Setyorini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

To what extent are we really free from airborne microplastics?

(2020) Zhangyu Song et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Revisiting Microplastics in Landfill Leachate: Unnoticed Tiny Microplastics and Their Fate in Treatment Works

(2020) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Experimental field evidence for transport of microplastic tracers over large distances in an alluvial aquifer

(2020) Nadine Goeppert et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris

(2019) Nanna B. Hartmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in urban and highway stormwater retention ponds

(2019) Fan Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A temporal sediment record of microplastics in an urban lake, London, UK

(2019) Simon Turner et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEOLIMNOLOGY

Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite

(2019) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Effects of Nylon Microplastic on Feeding, Lipid Accumulation, and Moulting in a Coldwater Copepod

(2019) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation of existing methods to extract microplastics from bivalve tissue: Adapted KOH digestion protocol improves filtration at single-digit pore size

(2019) Christina J. Thiele et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

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

Shedding light on the invisible: addressing the potential for groundwater contamination by plastic microfibers

(2019) Viviana Re   HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL

Validation and application of cost and time effective methods for the detection of 3–500 μm sized microplastics in the urban marine and estuarine environments surrounding Long Beach, California

(2019) Kara J. Wiggin et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal

(2019) Fabio Corradini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Simulating human exposure to indoor airborne microplastics using a Breathing Thermal Manikin

(2019) Alvise Vianello et al.   Scientific Reports

The contribution of washing processes of synthetic clothes to microplastic pollution

(2019) Francesca De Falco et al.   Scientific Reports

On the representativeness of pump water samples versus manta sampling in microplastic analysis

(2019) Matthias Tamminga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Consistent Transport of Terrestrial Microplastics to the Ocean through Atmosphere

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

Sampling with Niskin bottles and microfiltration reveals a high prevalence of microfibers

(2019) Justine M. Whitaker et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Analysis of suspended microplastics in the Changjiang Estuary: Implications for riverine plastic load to the ocean

(2019) Shiye Zhao et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Exploring the Efficacy of Nile Red in Microplastic Quantification: A Costaining Approach

(2019) Thomas Stanton et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

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

(2019) Melanie Bergmann et al.   Science Advances

First evidence of microplastic contamination in the supraglacial debris of an alpine glacier

(2019) Roberto Ambrosini et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Quantification and characterisation of microplastics ingested by selected juvenile fish species associated with mangroves in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2019) Trishan Naidoo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Details of plastic ingestion and fibre contamination in North Sea fishes

(2019) Susanne Kühn et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Identification of Microfibers in the Environment Using Multiple Lines of Evidence

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

Release of Side-Chain Fluorinated Polymer-Containing Microplastic Fibers from Functional Textiles During Washing and First Estimates of Perfluoroalkyl Acid Emissions

(2019) Steffen Schellenberger et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics composition and load from three wastewater treatment plants discharging into Mersin Bay, north eastern Mediterranean Sea

(2019) Ceyhun Akarsu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in stormwater runoff in a semiarid region, Tijuana, Mexico

(2019) Teresita de Jesus Piñon-Colin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Detection of artificial cellulose microfibers in Boops boops from the northern coasts of Sicily (Central Mediterranean)

(2019) Serena Savoca et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Initial Survey of Microplastics in Bottom Sediments from United States Waterways

(2019) Justin L. Wilkens et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Accumulation of different shapes of microplastics initiates intestinal injury and gut microbiota dysbiosis in the gut of zebrafish

(2019) Ruxia Qiao et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

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

Wetland soil microplastics are negatively related to vegetation cover and stem density

(2019) Ryan Helcoski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in water and sediment in a textile industrial area

(2019) Hua Deng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Distribution and characterization of microplastic particles and textile microfibers in Adriatic food webs: General insights for biomonitoring strategies

(2019) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Micro- and macroplastic accumulation in a newly formed Spartina alterniflora colonized estuarine saltmarsh in southeast China

(2019) Weimin Yao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in a freshwater mussel (Anodonta anatina) in Northern Europe

(2019) E. Berglund et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Exploring the impacts of plastics in soil – The effects of polyester textile fibers on soil invertebrates

(2019) Salla Selonen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2019) Guyu Peng et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

Validation of a Method for Extracting Microplastics from Complex, Organic-Rich, Environmental Matrices

(2018) Rachel R. Hurley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in sub-surface waters of the Arctic Central Basin

(2018) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Retention of microplastics in a major secondary wastewater treatment plant in Vancouver, Canada

(2018) Esther A. Gies et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of microplastics in commercial fish from a natural estuarine environment

(2018) Filipa Bessa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Anthropogenic contamination of tap water, beer, and sea salt

(2018) Mary Kosuth et al.   PLoS One

Microplastic pollution in sediments from the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, China

(2018) Jianmin Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessing the relationship between the abundance and properties of microplastics in water and in mussels

(2018) Xiaoyun Qu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China

(2018) Xiaowei Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps

(2018) Martín C.M. Blettler et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Simulating the mobility of micro-plastics and other fiber-like objects in saturated porous media using constrained random walks

(2018) Nicholas B. Engdahl   ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES

Mytilus spp. as sentinels for monitoring microplastic pollution in Norwegian coastal waters: A qualitative and quantitative study

(2018) Inger Lise N. Bråte et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants in Turkey: a comparison of the influent and secondary effluent concentrations

(2018) Sedat Gündoğdu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Microplastics in offshore sediment in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, China

(2018) Chunfang Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Double trouble in the South Pacific subtropical gyre: Increased plastic ingestion by fish in the oceanic accumulation zone

(2018) Ana Markic et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The imprint of microfibres in southern European deep seas

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

Plastic and other microfibers in sediments, macroinvertebrates and shorebirds from three intertidal wetlands of southern Europe and west Africa

(2017) Pedro M. Lourenço et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Rapid and Efficient Method for the Detection of Microplastic in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Fishes

(2017) Samuel Roch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bisphenols, Benzophenones, and Bisphenol A Diglycidyl Ethers in Textiles and Infant Clothing

(2017) Jingchuan Xue et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Microplastics pollution in inland freshwaters of China: A case study in urban surface waters of Wuhan, China

(2017) Wenfeng Wang 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

Sources and dispersive modes of micro-fibers in the environment

(2017) Steve A Carr   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

The Deposition and Accumulation of Microplastics in Marine Sediments and Bottom Water from the Irish Continental Shelf

(2017) Jake Martin et al.   Scientific Reports

Raman microspectroscopic analysis of fibers in beverages

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

Microplastics in seafood: Benchmark protocol for their extraction and characterization

(2016) Alexandre Dehaut et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Long-term microplastic retention causes reduced body condition in the langoustine, Nephrops norvegicus

(2016) Natalie A.C. Welden et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2016) Anita Jemec et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2016) Niko L. Hartline 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

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

Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   Environmental Chemistry

A critical view on microplastic quantification in aquatic organisms

(2015) Griet Vandermeersch et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Natural Fibers: A Missing Link to Chemical Pollution Dispersion in Aquatic Environments

(2015) Samantha M. Ladewig et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Responses ofHyalella aztecato acute and chronic microplastic exposures

(2015) Sarah Y. Au et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

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

Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish off the Portuguese coast

(2015) Diogo Neves et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in a macro filter feeder: Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

(2015) E. Besseling et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A critical assessment of visual identification of marine microplastic using Raman spectroscopy for analysis improvement

(2015) Robin Lenz et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

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

Risk-based indicators of Canadians’ exposures to environmental carcinogens

(2013) Eleanor Setton et al.   Environmental Health

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

(2013) Marie-Theres Nuelle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic in North Sea Fish

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

Microplastics in Singapore’s coastal mangrove ecosystems

(2013) Nur Hazimah Mohamed Nor et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

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

Plastic contamination in the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

(2011) Fiona Murray et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Degradation of Cellulose Acetate-Based Materials: A Review

(2010) Juergen Puls et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT