Microplastics as an emerging source of particulate air pollution: A critical review

The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River

(2021) Imogen E. Napper et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The effect of a superhydrophobic coating on moisture absorption and tensile strength of 3D-printed carbon-fibre/polyamide

(2021) P.B. Kreider et al.   COMPOSITES PART A-APPLIED SCIENCE AND MANUFACTURING

Carbon flux and forest dynamics: Increased deadwood decomposition in tropical rainforest tree‐fall canopy gaps

(2021) Hannah M. Griffiths et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastics and human health

(2021) A. Dick Vethaak et al.   SCIENCE

Exposure of Human Lung Cells to Polystyrene Microplastics Significantly Retards Cell Proliferation and Triggers Morphological Changes

(2021) Kerestin E. Goodman et al.   CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY

Microplastic contamination is ubiquitous in riparian soils and strongly related to elevation, precipitation and population density

(2021) Yanfei Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Efficient transport of atmospheric microplastics onto the continent via the East Asian summer monsoon

(2021) Xiaohui Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Prevalence of phthalate alternatives and monoesters alongside traditional phthalates in indoor dust from a typical e-waste recycling area: Source elucidation and co-exposure risk

(2021) Man Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

The canopy layer, a biogeochemical actor in the forest N-cycle

(2021) Anna Bortolazzi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics are a hotspot for antibiotic resistance genes: Progress and perspective

(2021) Yi Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Microplastics Differ Between Indoor and Outdoor Air Masses: Insights from Multiple Microscopy Methodologies

(2020) Emily Gaston et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

(2020) Yulan Zhang et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Agricultural plastic mulching as a source of microplastics in the terrestrial environment

(2020) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Fallout in Different Indoor Environments

(2020) Qun Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tyre wear particles: an abundant yet widely unreported microplastic?

(2020) Lydia J. Knight et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Investigation of the microplastics profile in sludge from China’s largest Water reclamation plant using a feasible isolation device

(2020) Qiujin Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Examination of the ocean as a source for atmospheric microplastics

(2020) Steve Allen et al.   PLoS One

A New Contaminant Superhighway? A Review of Sources, Measurement Techniques and Fate of Atmospheric Microplastics

(2020) Oluchi Mbachu et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

High temperature depended on the ageing mechanism of microplastics under different environmental conditions and its effect on the distribution of organic pollutants

(2020) Ling Ding et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics generated when opening plastic packaging

(2020) Zahra Sobhani et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics in sea ice and seawater beneath ice floes from the Arctic Ocean

(2020) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   Scientific Reports

On the widespread enhancement in fine particulate matter across the Indo-Gangetic Plain towards winter

(2020) Narendra Ojha et al.   Scientific Reports

Vitamin D Deficiency and Air Pollution Exacerbate COVID-19 Through Suppression of Antiviral Peptide LL37

(2020) Mardi A. Crane-Godreau et al.   Frontiers in Public Health

Detection of Microplastics in Ambient Particulate Matter Using Raman Spectral Imaging and Chemometric Analysis

(2020) Joseph M. Levermore et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Temporal and spatial variations of microplastics in roadside dust from rural and urban Victoria, Australia: Implications for diffuse pollution

(2020) Lei Su et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Contamination issues as a challenge in quality control and quality assurance in microplastics analytics

(2020) Joana C. Prata et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

The global odyssey of plastic pollution

(2020) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States

(2020) Janice Brahney et al.   SCIENCE

Occurrence of tire and bitumen wear microplastics on urban streets and in sweepsand and washwater

(2020) Ida Järlskog et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A proxy-based approach to predict spatially resolved emissions of macro- and microplastic to the environment

(2020) Delphine Kawecki et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Fibers spreading worldwide: Microplastics and other anthropogenic litter in an Arctic freshwater lake

(2020) Miguel González-Pleiter et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An emerging class of air pollutants: Potential effects of microplastics to respiratory human health?

(2020) Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Atmospheric transport is a major pathway of microplastics to remote regions

(2020) N. Evangeliou et al.   Nature Communications

Marine Plastics from Norwegian West Coast Carry Potentially Virulent Fish Pathogens and Opportunistic Human Pathogens Harboring New Variants of Antibiotic Resistance Genes

(2020) Vera Radisic et al.   Microorganisms

Assessment of Microplastics in Roadside Suspended Dust from Urban and Rural Environment of Nagpur, India

(2020) Vellora Veetil Narmadha et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research

Air–Sea Interactions among Oceanic Low-Level Cloud, Sea Surface Temperature, and Atmospheric Circulation on an Intraseasonal Time Scale in the Summertime North Pacific Based on Satellite Data Analysis

(2020) Naoya Takahashi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

Environmental Source, Fate, and Toxicity of Microplastics

(2020) Chunhui Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Visible Light Photocatalytic Degradation of Polypropylene Microplastics in a Continuous Water Flow System

(2020) Abdusalam Uheida et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Estimation of the mass of microplastics ingested – A pivotal first step towards human health risk assessment

(2020) Kala Senathirajah et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Pathological effects of nano-sized particles on the respiratory system

(2020) Richard Nho   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Nanopolystyrene translocation and fetal deposition after acute lung exposure during late-stage pregnancy

(2020) Sara B. Fournier et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Microplastic's role in antibiotic resistance

(2020) Michael S. Bank et al.   SCIENCE

Accumulation of plastic waste during COVID-19

(2020) Tanveer M. Adyel   SCIENCE

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

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

An overview of analytical methods for detecting microplastics in the atmosphere

(2020) Guanglong Chen et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics as emerging atmospheric pollutants: a review and bibliometric analysis

(2020) Emine Can-Güven   Air Quality Atmosphere and Health

Effects of exposure of polyethylene microplastics to air, water and soil on their adsorption behaviors for copper and tetracycline

(2020) Yuan Wang et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Inhalation toxicity of polystyrene micro(nano)plastics using modified OECD TG 412

(2020) Dongyoung Lim et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

(2020) Antonio Ragusa et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Enhanced cytotoxicity of photoaged phenol-formaldehyde resins microplastics: Combined effects of environmentally persistent free radicals, reactive oxygen species, and conjugated carbonyls

(2020) Kecheng Zhu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Suspended fine particulate matter (PM2.5), microplastics (MPs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in air: Their possible relationships and health implications

(2020) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Current research trends on micro- and nano-plastics as an emerging threat to global environment: A review

(2020) Manish Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Global inventory of atmospheric fibrous microplastics input into the ocean: An implication from the indoor origin

(2020) Kai Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Is incineration the terminator of plastics and microplastics?

(2020) Zhan Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives

(2020) Liuwei Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Are we underestimating the sources of microplastic pollution in terrestrial environment?

(2020) Chenye Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Soil microplastic pollution in an e-waste dismantling zone of China

(2020) Bingwen Chai et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Environmental fate, ecotoxicity biomarkers, and potential health effects of micro- and nano-scale plastic contamination

(2020) Prabhat Kumar Rai et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics and other harmful substances released from disposable paper cups into hot water

(2020) Ved Prakash Ranjan et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

A polarized scanning nephelometer for measurement of light scattering of an ensemble-averaged matrix of aerosol particles

(2020) Qiang Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER

Mapping global forest canopy height through integration of GEDI and Landsat data

(2020) Peter Potapov et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence and transport of microplastics sampled within and above the planetary boundary layer

(2020) Miguel González-Pleiter 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

Prevalence and characteristics of microplastics present in the street dust collected from Chennai metropolitan city, India

(2020) Arunkumar Patchaiyappan et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

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

Selection of antibiotic resistance genes on biodegradable and non-biodegradable microplastics

(2020) Yuanze Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Biomass burning-derived airborne particulate matter in Southeast Asia: A critical review

(2020) Max G. Adam et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Recommended best practices for collecting, analyzing, and reporting microplastics in environmental media: Lessons learned from comprehensive monitoring of San Francisco Bay

(2020) Ezra Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

COVID-19: Performance study of microplastic inhalation risk posed by wearing masks

(2020) Lu Li et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Understanding plastics pollution: The role of economic development and technological research

(2019) Stuart J. Barnes   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics' emissions: Microfibers’ detachment from textile garments

(2019) Francisco Belzagui et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Characterising the deterioration of different plastics in air and seawater

(2019) Nicolas F.A. Biber et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microbial growth on outdoor-weathered plastics

(2019) James E. Pickett et al.   POLYMER DEGRADATION AND STABILITY

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

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

An assessment of the toxicity of polypropylene microplastics in human derived cells

(2019) Jangsun Hwang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

State of knowledge on current exposure, fate and potential health effects of contaminants in polar bears from the circumpolar Arctic

(2019) Heli Routti 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

Widespread distribution of PET and PC microplastics in dust in urban China and their estimated human exposure

(2019) Chunguang Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Raman Spectral Imaging for the Detection of Inhalable Microplastics in Ambient Particulate Matter Samples

(2019) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Terrestrial ecologists should stop ignoring plastic pollution in the Anthropocene time

(2019) Agustina Malizia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Source and potential risk assessment of suspended atmospheric microplastics in Shanghai

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

Wind erosion as a driver for transport of light density microplastics

(2019) Mahrooz Rezaei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series

(2019) Clare Ostle et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2019) Alvise Vianello et al.   Scientific Reports

Consistent Transport of Terrestrial Microplastics to the Ocean through Atmosphere

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

Microplastics in special protected areas for migratory birds in the Bay of Biscay

(2019) Paula Masiá 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

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

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

Can microplastics pose a threat to ocean carbon sequestration?

(2019) Maocai Shen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microbial communities in the tropical air ecosystem follow a precise diel cycle

(2019) Elena S. Gusareva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mini-review of microplastics in the atmosphere and their risks to humans

(2019) Guanglong Chen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean

(2019) Laurent Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastics in house dust from 12 countries and associated human exposure

(2019) Junjie Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

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

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

Atmospheric microplastic over the South China Sea and East Indian Ocean: abundance, distribution and source

(2019) Xiaohui Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic presence in commercial marine sea salts: A baseline study along Tuticorin Coastal salt pan stations, Gulf of Mannar, South India

(2019) S. Selvam et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Airborne fiber particles: Types, size and concentration observed in Beijing

(2019) Yaowei Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects

(2019) Joana Correia Prata et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Airborne microplastics: Consequences to human health?

(2018) Joana Correia Prata   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

Wastewater treatment plants as a source of microplastics in river catchments

(2018) Paul Kay et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

(2018) John N. Hahladakis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica

(2018) Sarah Reed et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine microplastic debris: An emerging issue for food security, food safety and human health

(2018) Luís Gabriel Antão Barboza et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade

(2018) Amy L. Brooks et al.   Science Advances

Up and away: ontogenic transference as a pathway for aerial dispersal of microplastics

(2018) Rana Al-Jaibachi et al.   Biology Letters

Recyclability of four types of plastics exposed to UV irradiation in a marine environment

(2018) María E. Iñiguez et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Distribution and potential health impacts of microplastics and microrubbers in air and street dusts from Asaluyeh County, Iran

(2018) Sajjad Abbasi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2018) Chunfang Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Characterizing export of land-based microplastics to the estuary - Part I: Application of integrated geospatial microplastic transport models to assess tire and road wear particles in the Seine watershed

(2018) K.M. Unice et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microfibres from apparel and home textiles: Prospects for including microplastics in environmental sustainability assessment

(2018) Beverley Henry et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

(2017) Rachid Dris et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic pollution in deposited urban dust, Tehran metropolis, Iran

(2017) Sharareh Dehghani 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

Microplastics in the Southern Ocean

(2017) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatial and temporal variation of macro-, meso- and microplastic abundance on a remote coral island of the Maldives, Indian Ocean

(2017) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics: An introduction to environmental transport processes

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

Assuring quality in microplastic monitoring: About the value of clean-air devices as essentials for verified data

(2017) Charlotte Wesch et al.   Scientific Reports

Characteristics, seasonal distribution and surface degradation features of microplastic pellets along the Goa coast, India

(2016) S. Veerasingam et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effect of Microplastic on the Gills of the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas

(2016) Andrew J. R. Watts et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The flip-or-flop boutique: Marine debris on the shores of St Brandon's rock, an isolated tropical atoll in the Indian Ocean

(2016) Hindrik Bouwman 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

Microscopic anthropogenic litter in terrestrial birds from Shanghai, China: Not only plastics but also natural fibers

(2016) Shiye Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Life in the “Plastisphere”: Microbial Communities on Plastic Marine Debris

(2013) Erik R. Zettler 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

Polystyrene nanoparticle trafficking across alveolar epithelium

(2008) Nazanin R. Yacobi et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine