Aggregate exposure pathways for microplastics (mpAEP): An evidence-based framework to identify research and regulatory needs

Stable Isotope Insights into Microplastic Contamination within Freshwater Food Webs

(2021) Flavien Garcia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Acute riverine microplastic contamination due to avoidable releases of untreated wastewater

(2021) Jamie Woodward et al.   Nature Sustainability

Results of WEPAL-QUASIMEME/NORMANs first global interlaboratory study on microplastics reveal urgent need for harmonization

(2021) L.M. van Mourik et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

(2020) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

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

Imaging Flow Cytometry Protocols for Examining Phagocytosis of Microplastics and Bioparticles by Immune Cells of Aquatic Animals

(2020) Youngjin Park et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

A Global Perspective on Microplastics

(2020) Robert C. Hale et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS

Microplastics in surface water and sediments of Chongming Island in the Yangtze Estuary, China

(2020) Yubo Li et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Development of AOP relevant to microplastics based on toxicity mechanisms of chemical additives using ToxCast™ and deep learning models combined approach

(2020) Jaeseong Jeong et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Primary and Secondary Plastic Particles Exhibit Limited Acute Toxicity but Chronic Effects on Daphnia magna

(2020) Elvis Genbo Xu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Chronic microfiber exposure in adult Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)

(2020) Lingling Hu et al.   PLoS One

Global Riverine Plastic Outflows

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

Facilitating microplastic quantification through the introduction of a cellulose dissolution step prior to oxidation: Proof-of-concept and demonstration using diverse samples from the Inner Oslofjord, Norway

(2020) Linn Merethe Brekke Olsen et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Limited ingestion, rapid egestion and no detectable impacts of microbeads on the moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita

(2020) Phuping Sucharitakul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First evidence of microplastics bioaccumulation by marine organisms in the Port Blair Bay, Andaman Islands

(2020) Prasun Goswami et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

(2020) Winnie W. Y. Lau et al.   SCIENCE

Microplastic in terrestrial ecosystems

(2020) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   SCIENCE

Application of a combined aggregate exposure pathway and adverse outcome pathway (AEP-AOP) approach to inform a cumulative risk assessment: A case study with phthalates

(2020) Rebecca A. Clewell et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Micro- and nano-plastics activation of oxidative and inflammatory adverse outcome pathways

(2020) Moyan Hu et al.   Redox Biology

The Widespread Environmental Footprint of Indigo Denim Microfibers from Blue Jeans

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

Currently monitored microplastics pose negligible ecological risk to the global ocean

(2020) Ricardo Beiras et al.   Scientific Reports

Depuration reduces microplastic content in wild and farmed mussels

(2019) Stéphanie Birnstiel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Towards the Development and Application of an Environmental Risk Assessment Framework for Microplastic

(2019) Todd Gouin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

A Quantitative Source-to-Outcome Case Study To Demonstrate the Integration of Human Health and Ecological End Points Using the Aggregate Exposure Pathway and Adverse Outcome Pathway Frameworks

(2019) David E. Hines et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

An interlaboratory comparison exercise for the determination of microplastics in standard sample bottles

(2019) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Food-web transfer of microplastics between wild caught fish and crustaceans in East China Sea

(2019) Feng Zhang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Multidecadal increase in plastic particles in coastal ocean sediments

(2019) Jennifer A. Brandon et al.   Science Advances

Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks associated with ingestion exposure

(2019) Luís Gabriel A. Barboza et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Dynamics of interaction and effects of microplastics on planarian tissue regeneration and cellular homeostasis

(2019) Gaetana Gambino et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics in house dust from 12 countries and associated human exposure

(2019) Junjie Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics in the surface water of small-scale estuaries in Shanghai

(2019) Jiaxu Zhang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution in water, sediment, and fish from artificial reefs around the Ma’an Archipelago, Shengsi, China

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

Wastewater treatment plants as a source of microplastics in river catchments

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

Microplastic risk assessment in surface waters: A case study in the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2018) Pei Xu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding

(2018) Rachel Hurley et al.   Nature Geoscience

Retention and characteristics of microplastics in natural zooplankton taxa from the East China Sea

(2018) Xiaoxia Sun et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Refining the aggregate exposure pathway

(2018) Yu-Mei Tan et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

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

Using mussel as a global bioindicator of coastal microplastic pollution

(2018) Jiana Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The occurrence of microplastic in specific organs in commercially caught fishes from coast and estuary area of east China

(2018) Lei Su et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bioavailability and effects of microplastics on marine zooplankton: A review

(2018) Zara L.R. Botterell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in livers of European anchovies ( Engraulis encrasicolus , L.)

(2017) France Collard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in sediments of the Changjiang Estuary, China

(2017) Guyu Peng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A Case Study Application of the Aggregate Exposure Pathway (AEP) and Adverse Outcome Pathway (AOP) Frameworks to Facilitate the Integration of Human Health and Ecological End Points for Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA)

(2017) David E. Hines et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic Exposure Assessment in Aquatic Environments: Learning from Similarities and Differences to Engineered Nanoparticles

(2017) Thorsten Hüffer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

Is there any consistency between the microplastics found in the field and those used in laboratory experiments?

(2016) Nam Ngoc Phuong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Completing the Link between Exposure Science and Toxicology for Improved Environmental Health Decision Making: The Aggregate Exposure Pathway Framework

(2016) Justin G. Teeguarden et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic Size-Dependent Toxicity, Oxidative Stress Induction, and p-JNK and p-p38 Activation in the Monogonont Rotifer (Brachionus koreanus)

(2016) Chang-Bum Jeong et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The behaviors of microplastics in the marine environment

(2016) Jundong Wang et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Pollutants bioavailability and toxicological risk from microplastics to marine mussels

(2015) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingested microplastics (>100μm) are translocated to organs of the tropical fiddler crab Uca rapax

(2015) Dennis Brennecke et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

In vivo effects of n-TiO2 on digestive gland and immune function of the marine bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis

(2013) Cristina Barmo et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

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

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

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

A toxicity bioassay study concerning the effect of un-ionized ammonia on the mucus cells response originating from the gills of zebrafish Danio rerio

(2012) Abdullah Salim Al-Zaidan et al.   FISHERIES SCIENCE

Bivalve molluscs as a unique target group for nanoparticle toxicity

(2011) Laura Canesi et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Adverse outcome pathways: A conceptual framework to support ecotoxicology research and risk assessment

(2010) Gerald T. Ankley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Changes in material fluxes from the Changjiang River and their implications on the adjoining continental shelf ecosystem

(2008) Shu Gao et al.   CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH