Risks of Covid-19 face masks to wildlife: Present and future research needs

Stability of SARS-CoV-2 on critical personal protective equipment

(2021) Samantha B. Kasloff et al.   Scientific Reports

Effect of microplastics in water and aquatic systems

(2021) Merlin N Issac et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Single-use surgical face masks, as a potential source of microplastics: Do they act as pollutant carriers?

(2021) Ioannis Anastopoulos et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS

An investigation into the leaching of micro and nano particles and chemical pollutants from disposal face masks - linked to the COVID-19 pandemic

(2021) G.L. Sullivan et al.   WATER RESEARCH

The Efficacy of Plant-Based Ionizers in Removing Aerosol for COVID-19 Mitigation

(2021) Ady Suwardi et al.   Research

The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life

(2021) Auke-Florian Hiemstra et al.   ANIMAL BIOLOGY

COVID-19 face masks: A new source of human and environmental exposure to organophosphate esters

(2021) J. Fernández-Arribas et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Review of the artificially-accelerated aging technology and ecological risk of microplastics

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

Disposable masks release microplastics to the aqueous environment with exacerbation by natural weathering

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

Estimating marine plastic pollution from COVID-19 face masks in coastal regions

(2021) Hemal Chowdhury et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abandoned Covid-19 personal protective equipment along the Bushehr shores, the Persian Gulf: An emerging source of secondary microplastics in coastlines

(2021) Razegheh Akhbarizadeh et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic fibers — Underestimated threat to aquatic organisms?

(2021) Anja Rebelein et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence of personal protective equipment (PPE) associated with the COVID-19 pandemic along the coast of Lima, Peru

(2021) Gabriel E. De-la-Torre et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and copper effects on the neotropical teleost Prochilodus lineatus: Is there any interaction?

(2020) Jéssica Fernanda Bernardes Roda et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Impact of Microplastic Fibers from the Degradation of Nonwoven Synthetic Textiles to the Magdalena River Water Column and River Sediments by the City of Neiva, Huila (Colombia)

(2020) Paula Martínez Silva et al.   Water

COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions on the Use and Management of Plastics

(2020) Joana C. Prata et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Synthetic microfibers: Pollution toxicity and remediation

(2020) Rojalin Priyadarshini Singh et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biomicroplastics vs. Conventional microplastics: an insight on the toxicity of these polymers in dragonfly larvae

(2020) Thales Quintão Chagas et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The need for fully bio-based facemasks to counter coronavirus outbreaks: A perspective

(2020) Oisik Das 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

An emerging source of plastic pollution: Environmental presence of plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) debris related to COVID-19 in a metropolitan city

(2020) Justine Ammendolia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Unprecedented plastic-made personal protective equipment (PPE) debris in river outlets into Jakarta Bay during COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Muhammad Reza Cordova et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

COVID-19 pandemic repercussions on plastic and antiviral polymeric textile causing pollution on beaches and coasts of South America

(2020) M. Ardusso et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Response of bleached and symbiotic sea anemones to plastic microfiber exposure

(2019) Manoela Romanó de Orte et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Uptake and adverse effects of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics fibers on terrestrial snails (Achatina fulica) after soil exposure

(2019) Yang Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Clinical Pathology of Plastic Ingestion in Marine Birds and Relationships with Blood Chemistry

(2019) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Effect of Microplastic Ingestion on the Survival of the Grass Shrimp Palaemonetes pugio (Holthuis, 1949) Challenged with Vibrio campbellii

(2019) Rachel R. Leads et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Polyester-derived microfibre impacts on the soil-dwelling earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

(2019) Miranda T. Prendergast-Miller et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Entrapment in plastic debris endangers hermit crabs

(2019) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics alter feeding selectivity and faecal density in the copepod, Calanus helgolandicus

(2019) Rachel L. Coppock et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evaluation of single and combined effects of cadmium and micro-plastic particles on biochemical and immunological parameters of common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

(2019) Mahdi Banaee et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

(2019) Ruxia Qiao et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Macroplastic and microplastic contamination assessment of a tropical river (Saigon River, Vietnam) transversed by a developing megacity

(2018) Lisa Lahens et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution increases gene exchange in aquatic ecosystems

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition

(2018) J.P.G.L. Frias et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Impact of Microplastic Beads and Fibers on Waterflea (Ceriodaphnia dubia) Survival, Growth, and Reproduction: Implications of Single and Mixture Exposures

(2017) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biodegradation of bioplastics in natural environments

(2017) S. Mehdi Emadian et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Nests of the brown booby ( Sula leucogaster ) as a potential indicator of tropical ocean pollution by marine debris

(2016) Davi Castro Tavares et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

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

Microplastics affect assimilation efficiency in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus fossarum

(2016) Pascal Blarer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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

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

(2013) Erik R. Zettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Marine debris ingestion by Magellanic penguins, Spheniscus magellanicus (Aves: Sphenisciformes), from the Brazilian coastal zone

(2011) Martha L. Brandão et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bisphenol A migration from polycarbonate baby bottle with repeated use

(2010) Sung-Hyun Nam et al.   CHEMOSPHERE