Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk

Microplastics in soil: A review on methods, occurrence, sources, and potential risk

(2021) Ling Yang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An Overlooked Entry Pathway of Microplastics into Agricultural Soils from Application of Sludge-based Fertilizers

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

Finding Microplastics in Soils: A Review of Analytical Methods

(2020) Julia N. Möller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A Review of Microplastics in Table salt, Drinking Water, and Air: Direct Human Exposure

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

ToF‐SIMS characterization of microplastics in soils

(2020) Chuan Du et al.   SURFACE AND INTERFACE ANALYSIS

Pollution Characteristics of Microplastics in Soils in Southeastern Suburbs of Baoding City, China

(2020) Chuan Du et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Atmospheric microplastics: A review on current status and perspectives

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

Source, migration and toxicology of microplastics in soil

(2020) Jing-Jie Guo et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

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

(2020) Yi Huang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of Microplastic Fibers and Drought on Plant Communities

(2020) Yudi M. Lozano et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics and pollutants in biosolids have contaminated agricultural soils: An analytical study and a proposal to cease the use of biosolids in farmlands and utilise them in sustainable bricks

(2020) Abbas Mohajerani et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Sewage sludge application as a vehicle for microplastics in eastern Spanish agricultural soils

(2020) Pim van den Berg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Global Riverine Plastic Outflows

(2020) Lei Mai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems

(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

A methodological approach of the current literature on microplastic contamination in terrestrial environments: Current knowledge and baseline considerations

(2020) Diana Carolina Dioses-Salinas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

The occurrence and distribution characteristics of microplastics in the agricultural soils of Shaanxi Province, in north-western China

(2020) Ling Ding et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the freshwater and terrestrial environments: Prevalence, fates, impacts and sustainable solutions

(2020) Johnny Kee Hong Wong et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in agricultural soils: Extraction and characterization after different periods of polythene film mulching in an arid region

(2020) Wenfeng Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution characteristics and mechanism of microplastics mediated by soil physicochemical properties

(2020) Yuanyuan Luo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in waters and soils: Occurrence, analytical methods and ecotoxicological effects

(2020) Mengjie Wu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils

(2020) Manish Kumar et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Environmental Source, Fate, and Toxicity of Microplastics

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

A review of microplastics pollution in the soil and terrestrial ecosystems: A global and Bangladesh perspective

(2020) Aniruddha Sarker et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Analysis of microplastics in a remote region of the Tibetan Plateau: Implications for natural environmental response to human activities

(2020) Sansan Feng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples

(2020) Costanza Scopetani et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the agroecosystem: Are they an emerging threat to the plant-soil system?

(2020) Huadong Zang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

“Microplastic communities” in different environments: Differences, links, and role of diversity index in source analysis

(2020) Changchao Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in China’s largest freshwater lake system

(2020) Minfei Jian et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

(2020) Antonio Ragusa et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Spatial patterns of mesoplastics and coarse microplastics in floodplain soils as resulting from land use and fluvial processes

(2020) Collin Joel Weber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Microplastics occurrence and frequency in soils under different land uses on a regional scale

(2020) Fabio Corradini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Tyre and road wear particles - A calculation of generation, transport and release to water and soil with special regard to German roads

(2020) Beate Baensch-Baltruschat et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in soils: A review of methods, occurrence, fate, transport, ecological and environmental risks

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

Evidence of Marine Microplastics in Commercially Harvested Seafood

(2020) Emily Curren et al.   Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Effects of anthropogenic discharge and hydraulic deposition on the distribution and accumulation of microplastics in surface sediments of a typical seagoing river: The Haihe River

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

Soil microplastics inhibit the movement of springtail species

(2019) Shin Woong Kim et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Effects of polyethylene microplastics on the gut microbial community, reproduction and avoidance behaviors of the soil springtail, Folsomia candida

(2019) Hui Ju et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics Can Change Soil Properties and Affect Plant Performance

(2019) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Removal of microplastics in municipal sewage from China's largest water reclamation plant

(2019) Libiao Yang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in freshwaters and drinking water: Critical review and assessment of data quality

(2019) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic distribution in surface water and sediment river around slum and industrial area (case study: Ciwalengke River, Majalaya district, Indonesia)

(2019) Firdha Cahya Alam et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic pollution in the rivers of the Tibet Plateau

(2019) Changbo Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ecotoxicity and genotoxicity of polystyrene microplastics on higher plant Vicia faba

(2019) Xiaofeng Jiang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal

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

The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

(2019) C. Anela Choy et al.   Scientific Reports

Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool

(2019) Philipp Schwabl et al.   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea

(2019) Laura M. Hernandez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystems: Above and Below Ground

(2019) Bas Boots et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Spatiotemporal distribution and annual load of microplastics in the Nakdong River, South Korea

(2019) Soeun Eo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in the soil environment: Occurrence, risks, interactions and fate – A review

(2019) Baile Xu et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

An optimized density-based approach for extracting microplastics from soil and sediment samples

(2019) Xiaoxin Han et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Separation and identification of microplastics from soil and sewage sludge

(2019) Qinglan Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the environment: A critical review of current understanding and identification of future research needs

(2019) Zeynep Akdogan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in vegetable farmlands of suburb Wuhan, central China

(2019) Yuling Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Focus topics on microplastics in soil: Analytical methods, occurrence, transport, and ecological risks

(2019) Jia Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Riverine Microplastic Pollution in the Pearl River Delta, China: Are Modeled Estimates Accurate?

(2019) Lei Mai et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mechanical formation of micro- and nano-plastic materials for environmental studies in agricultural ecosystems

(2019) A.F. Astner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Behavior of microplastics and plastic film residues in the soil environment: A critical review

(2019) Ruimin Qi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental fate and impacts of microplastics in soil ecosystems: Progress and perspective

(2019) Wenfeng Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distribution of low-density microplastics in the mollisol farmlands of northeast China

(2019) Shaoliang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A method for extracting soil microplastics through circulation of sodium bromide solutions

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

Microplastics as contaminants in the soil environment: A mini-review

(2019) Jiao Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Self-contamination from clothing in microplastics research

(2019) Costanza Scopetani et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Occurrence and characteristics of microplastics in surface road dust in Kusatsu (Japan), Da Nang (Vietnam), and Kathmandu (Nepal)

(2019) Satoru Yukioka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2019) Ryan Helcoski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Quantification of poly(ethylene terephthalate) micro- and nanoparticle contaminants in marine sediments and other environmental matrices

(2019) Valter Castelvetro et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Characterization of microplastics and the association of heavy metals with microplastics in suburban soil of central China

(2019) Yanfei Zhou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in agricultural soils on the coastal plain of Hangzhou Bay, east China: Multiple sources other than plastic mulching film

(2019) Bianying Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Using the Asian clam as an indicator of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems

(2018) Lei Su et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new approach in separating microplastics from environmental samples based on their electrostatic behavior

(2018) Stefanie Felsing et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A novel way to rapidly monitor microplastics in soil by hyperspectral imaging technology and chemometrics

(2018) Jiajia shan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic and soil protists: A call for research

(2018) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Current research trends on plastic pollution and ecological impacts on the soil ecosystem: A review

(2018) Yooeun Chae et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic and mesoplastic pollution in farmland soils in suburbs of Shanghai, China

(2018) Mengting Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in freshwater river sediments in Shanghai, China: A case study of risk assessment in mega-cities

(2018) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Disguising As Soil Carbon Storage

(2018) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

(2018) Michael Scheurer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

High-throughput NIR spectroscopic (NIRS) detection of microplastics in soil

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

The distribution and morphology of microplastics in coastal soils adjacent to the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea

(2018) Qian Zhou et al.   GEODERMA

Microplastics research—from sink to source

(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2018) Mingxiao Di et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in China's inland water systems: A review of findings, methods, characteristics, effects, and management

(2018) Kai Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Macro- and micro- plastics in soil-plant system: Effects of plastic mulch film residues on wheat ( Triticum aestivum ) growth

(2018) Yueling Qi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A simple method for the extraction and identification of light density microplastics from soil

(2018) Shaoliang Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China

(2018) G.S. Zhang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

(2018) Melanie Bläsing et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection

(2018) Jingyi Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China

(2018) Xiaowei Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Organic fertilizer as a vehicle for the entry of microplastic into the environment

(2018) Nicolas Weithmann et al.   Science Advances

Impacts of Microplastics on the Soil Biophysical Environment

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Small Waterbodies and Tadpoles from Yangtze River Delta, China

(2018) Lingling Hu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Investigation of microplastics in aquatic environments: An overview of the methods used, from field sampling to laboratory analysis

(2018) Wenfeng Wang et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The first application of quantitative 1H NMR spectroscopy as a simple and fast method of identification and quantification of microplastic particles (PE, PET, and PS)

(2018) Nadine Peez et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

First account of plastic pollution impacting freshwater fishes in the Amazon: Ingestion of plastic debris by piranhas and other serrasalmids with diverse feeding habits

(2018) Marcelo C. Andrade et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic fiber uptake, ingestion, and egestion rates in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)

(2018) Madelyn N. Woods et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in soils: Analytical methods, pollution characteristics and ecological risks

(2018) Defu He et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Raman microspectroscopy as a tool for microplastic particle analysis

(2018) Philipp M. Anger et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Identification and quantification of macro- and microplastics on an agricultural farmland

(2018) Sarah Piehl et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of plastic contamination on water evaporation and desiccation cracking in soil

(2018) Yong Wan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in rice-fish co-culture system: A report of three farmland stations in Shanghai, China

(2018) Weiwei Lv 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

Incorporation of microplastics from litter into burrows of Lumbricus terrestris

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Comparison of different methods for MP detection: What can we learn from them, and why asking the right question before measurements matters?

(2017) Anna M. Elert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transport of microplastics by two collembolan species

(2017) Stefanie Maaß et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of microplastics on sessile invertebrates in the eastern coast of Thailand: An approach to coastal zone conservation

(2017) Gajahin Gamage Nadeeka Thushari et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics

(2017) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Export of microplastics from land to sea. A modelling approach

(2017) Max Siegfried et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

A Simple Method for Quantifying Polycarbonate and Polyethylene Terephthalate Microplastics in Environmental Samples by Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Lei Wang et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Scientific Reports

Tissue accumulation of microplastics in mice and biomarker responses suggest widespread health risks of exposure

(2017) Yongfeng Deng et al.   Scientific Reports

Field evidence for transfer of plastic debris along a terrestrial food chain

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic in Aquatic Ecosystems

(2016) Natalia P. Ivleva et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A Procedure for Measuring Microplastics using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

(2016) Stephen Fuller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

Determination of microplastic polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) in environmental samples using thermal analysis (TGA-DSC)

(2016) Marius Majewsky et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in Wastewater Using Focal Plane Array-Based Reflectance Micro-FT-IR Imaging

(2015) Alexander S. Tagg et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Focal plane array detector-based micro-Fourier-transform infrared imaging for the analysis of microplastics in environmental samples

(2015) Martin G�nter Joachim L�der et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic in three urban estuaries, China

(2015) Shiye Zhao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Polyethylene film incorporation into the horticultural soil of small periurban production units in Argentina

(2015) Laura Ramos et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Analysis of polyethylene microplastics in environmental samples, using a thermal decomposition method

(2015) Erik Dümichen et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastic pollution in St. Lawrence River sediments

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

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

Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.)

(2013) Paul Farrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A new analytical approach for monitoring microplastics in marine sediments

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

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

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