Microplastics as contaminants in the Brazilian environment: an updated review

Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review

(2023) Ahmed I. Osman et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Are bioplastics an ecofriendly alternative to fossil fuel plastics?

(2023) Wajid Ali et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Are Microplastics Toxic? A Review from Eco-Toxicity to Effects on the Gut Microbiota

(2023) Huixia Niu et al.   Metabolites

Microplastics in surface water: occurrence, ecological implications, quantification methods and remediation technologies

(2023) Carolina Rodrigues dos Santos et al.   Chemical Engineering Journal

Detection of Various Microplastics in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

(2023) Yunxiao Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as an Emerging Threat to the Global Environment and Human Health

(2023) Shampa Ghosh et al.   Sustainability

Widespread microplastic pollution in mangrove soils of Todos os Santos Bay, northern Brazil

(2022) Eldimar da Silva Paes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The silent harm of polyethylene microplastics: invertebrates growth inhibition as a warning of the microplastic pollution in continental waters

(2022) Gleyson B. Castro et al.   LIMNOLOGICA

Plastic in the inferno: Microplastic contamination in deep-sea cephalopods (Vampyroteuthis infernalis and Abralia veranyi) from the southwestern Atlantic

(2022) Guilherme V.B. Ferreira et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The feasibility of recycled micro polyethylene terephthalate (PET) replacing natural sand in hot-mix asphalt

(2022) José Wilson dos Santos Ferreira et al.   CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS

Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood

(2022) Heather A. Leslie et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A review on current status and perspectives

(2022) Carolina Orona-Návar et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Composition and spatial distribution of floating plastic debris along the estuarine ecocline of a subtropical coastal lagoon in the Western Atlantic

(2022) Isabel B. Monteiro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A first assessment of microplastic abundance in sandy beach sediments of the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex, South Brazil (RAMSAR site)

(2022) Mateus Farias Mengatto et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Experimental evaluation of microplastic consumption by using a size-fractionation approach in the planktonic communities

(2022) João Vitor Fonseca da Silva et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Atmospheric microplastic fallout in outdoor and indoor environments in São Paulo megacity

(2022) Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics concentration in bivalve of economic importance, a case study on the southeastern Brazilian coast

(2022) Fabio Cavalca Bom et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Microplastics and linear alkylbenzene levels in oysters Crassostrea gigas driven by sewage contamination at an important aquaculture area of Brazil

(2022) Miguel Saldaña-Serrano et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastics Affect the Inflammation Pathway in Human Gingival Fibroblasts: A Study in the Adriatic Sea

(2022) Sergio Caputi et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk

(2022) Antonio Ragusa et al.   Polymers

Microplastics in Freshwater Environment in Asia: A Systematic Scientific Review

(2022) Pankaj Kumar et al.   Water

Genotoxicity of Particles From Grinded Plastic Items in Caco-2 and HepG2 Cells

(2022) Martin Roursgaard et al.   Frontiers in Public Health

Combined effects of polyethylene spiked with the antimicrobial triclosan on the swamp ghost crab (Ucides cordatus; Linnaeus, 1763)

(2022) Caio Rodrigues Nobre et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Analytical methods for microplastics in the environment: a review

(2022) Zike Huang et al.   Environmental Chemistry Letters

Salt marshes as the final watershed fate for meso- and microplastic contamination: A case study from Southern Brazil

(2022) Lara M. Pinheiro et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

First assessment of microplastic and artificial microfiber contamination in surface waters of the Amazon Continental Shelf

(2022) Arnaldo Fabrício dos Santos Queiroz et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastic Ingestion by Commercial and Non-Commercial Fishes from a Neotropical River Basin

(2021) Felipe P. Lima et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Abundance, distribution, and characteristics of microplastics in coastal surface waters of the Colombian Caribbean and Pacific

(2021) Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Occurrence of microplastics and heavy metals accumulation in native oysters Crassostrea Gasar in the Paranaguá estuarine system, Brazil

(2021) Khauê Silva Vieira et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution, characteristics and short-term variability of microplastics in beach sediment of Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil

(2021) Julia P.S. Carvalho et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Multiple endpoints of polylactic acid biomicroplastic toxicity in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio)

(2021) Thales Quintão Chagas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Intake of microplastics by commercial fish: A Bayesian approach

(2021) Lucélia S. Nunes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Presence of airborne microplastics in human lung tissue

(2021) Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Spatio-seasonal microplastics distribution along a shallow coastal lagoon ecocline within a marine conservation unit

(2021) Luciano Lorenzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Uptake of Microplastics by a Tropical Freshwater Cladocera Revealed by Polyethylene Terephthalate Fluorescence

(2021) Samira G. M. Portugal et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Presence and Quantification of Microplastic in Urban Tap Water: A Pre-Screening in Brasilia, Brazil

(2021) Claudia B. Pratesi et al.   Sustainability

Polystyrene and Polyethylene Microplastics Decrease Cell Viability and Dysregulate Inflammatory and Oxidative Stress Markers of MDCK and L929 Cells In Vitro

(2021) Swetha Palaniappan et al.   Exposure and Health

Microplastic contamination in tropical fishes: An assessment of different feeding habits

(2021) Anne K.S. Justino et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Ecological Traits Influencing Anthropogenic Debris Ingestion by Herbivorous Reef Fishes

(2021) Gabriel C. Cardozo-Ferreira et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

The COVID-19 Pandemic: New Knowledge on the Impact of Air Quality on the Spread of Coronavirus Infection in Cities

(2021) B. A. Revich et al.   Studies on Russian Economic Development

Airborne microplastics and SARS-CoV-2 in total suspended particles in the area surrounding the largest medical centre in Latin America

(2021) Luís Fernando Amato-Lourenço et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Global sources, abundance, size, and distribution of microplastics in marine sediments - A critical review

(2021) Karthikeyan Perumal et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Evaluation of microplastic and marine debris on the beaches of Niterói Oceanic Region, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

(2021) Elaine Ferreira da Silva et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Characters alteration of SBR via compounding with ultrasonically and mechanochemically devulcanized rubber influenced by gamma irradiation in presence of polyester fibers

(2021) Mona Y. Elnaggar et al.   POLYMER BULLETIN

Floating plastics and their associated biota in the Western South Atlantic

(2021) Ana L.d.F. Lacerda et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Micro(nano)plastic contaminations from soils to plants: human food risks

(2021) Defu He et al.   Current Opinion in Food Science

Seasonal variation of micro- and meso-plastics in the seawater of Jiaozhou Bay, the Yellow Sea

(2020) Tao Liu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

The sea anemone Bunodosoma cangicum as a potential biomonitor for microplastics contamination on the Brazilian Amazon coast

(2020) L.M.S. Morais et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics on the Fluvio-estuarine Beaches of Cotijuba Island, Pará River Estuary (Brazil)

(2020) Gabriela de Oliveira Novaes et al.   JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH

Plastic intake does not depend on fish eating habits: Identification of microplastics in the stomach contents of fish on an urban beach in Brazil

(2020) Natália C.F.M. Dantas et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First study of its kind on the microplastic contamination of soft drinks, cold tea and energy drinks - Future research and environmental considerations

(2020) V.C. Shruti 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

Ingestion of Microplastic by Fish of Different Feeding Habits in Urbanized and Non-urbanized Streams in Southern Brazil

(2020) Thiago D. Garcia et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Freshwater: What Is the News from the World?

(2020) Alessandra Cera et al.   Diversity-Basel

Rainfall and Tidal Cycle Regulate Seasonal Inputs of Microplastic Pellets to Sandy Beaches

(2020) Danilo Balthazar-Silva et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Ingestion of microplastic by ontogenetic phases of Stellifer brasiliensis (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the surf zone of tropical beaches

(2020) Ana Luisa Araújo de Amorim et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Comparative assessment of microplastics in water and sediment of a large European river

(2020) Christian Scherer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interactions between microplastics and organic compounds in aquatic environments: A mini review

(2020) Weiping Mei et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of Polyethylene Microplastics on Freshwater Oligochaeta Allonais inaequalis (Stephenson, 1911) Under Conventional and Stressful Exposures

(2020) Gleyson B. Castro et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Soil Pollution from Micro- and Nanoplastic Debris: A Hidden and Unknown Biohazard

(2020) Shamina Imran Pathan et al.   Sustainability

Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

(2020) Antonio Ragusa et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Review of current trends, advances and analytical challenges for microplastics contamination in Latin America

(2020) Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion of plastic debris by commercially important marine fish in southeast-south Brazil

(2020) J. Gabriel B. Neto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic ingestion induces behavioral disorders in mice: A preliminary study on the trophic transfer effects via tadpoles and fish

(2020) Amanda Pereira da Costa Araújo et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Environmental exposure enhances the internalization of microplastic particles into cells

(2020) A. F. R. M. Ramsperger et al.   Science Advances

First evidence of microplastic contamination in the freshwater of Lake Guaíba, Porto Alegre, Brazil

(2020) Crislaine Bertoldi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in African ecosystems: Current knowledge, abundance, associated contaminants, techniques, and research needs

(2020) Olubukola S. Alimi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics induce intestinal inflammation, oxidative stress, and disorders of metabolome and microbiome in zebrafish

(2019) Ruxia Qiao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics and attached microorganisms in sediments of the Vitória bay estuarine system in SE Brazil

(2019) José Antonio Baptista Neto et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Distribution and characterization of microplastics in beach sand from three different Indian coastal environments

(2019) M. Tiwari et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Depuration reduces microplastic content in wild and farmed mussels

(2019) Stéphanie Birnstiel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Organic contamination of beached plastic pellets in the South Atlantic: Risk assessments can benefit by considering spatial gradients

(2019) Daniel Gorman et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Recent advances in toxicological research of nanoplastics in the environment: A review

(2019) Maocai Shen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in the surface sediments collected from Sishili Bay, North Yellow Sea, China

(2019) Bin Zhang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Do beachrocks affect microplastic deposition on the strandline of sandy beaches?

(2019) Lara M. Pinheiro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Human Consumption of Microplastics

(2019) Kieran D. Cox et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quantitative analysis of pellets on beaches of the São Paulo coast and associated non-ingested ecotoxicological effects on marine organisms

(2019) G.M. Izar et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Partitioning of chemical contaminants to microplastics: Sorption mechanisms, environmental distribution and effects on toxicity and bioaccumulation

(2019) Paula S. Tourinho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Tiny, shiny, and colorful microplastics: Are regular glitters a significant source of microplastics?

(2019) Meral Yurtsever   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Quantification of microplastics along the Caribbean Coastline of Colombia: Pollution profile and biological effects on Caenorhabditis elegans

(2019) Isabel Acosta-Coley et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in the sediments of a highly eutrophic tropical estuary

(2019) Vivianne E.N. Alves et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Can the Atlantic ghost crab be a potential biomonitor of microplastic pollution of sandy beaches sediment?

(2019) Leonardo Lopes Costa et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine debris and pollution indexes on the beaches of Santa Catarina State, Brazil

(2019) Camila Burigo Marin et al.   Regional Studies in Marine Science

Laundering and textile parameters influence fibers release in household washings

(2019) Flavia Salvador Cesa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

FTIR and Raman imaging for microplastics analysis: State of the art, challenges and prospects

(2019) Jun-Li Xu et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Hepatotoxicity of pristine polyethylene microplastics in neotropical physalaemus cuvieri tadpoles (Fitzinger, 1826)

(2019) Amanda Pereira da Costa Araújo et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

The impact of sediment dumping sites on the concentrations of microplastic in the inner continental shelf of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil

(2019) José Antonio Baptista Neto et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Neustonic microplastic pollution in the Persian Gulf

(2019) Kamalodin Kor et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics in aquatic environments – Results of an international survey

(2019) Friederike Stock et al.   Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Continuous Exposure to Microplastics Does Not Cause Physiological Effects in the Cultivated Mussel Perna perna

(2018) Marina F. M. Santana et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect

(2018) Guilherme V.B. Ferreira et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics on the Portuguese coast

(2018) J. Antunes et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

First evidence of microplastic ingestion by fishes from the Amazon River estuary

(2018) Tamyris de Souza e Silva Pegado et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Spatial variability in the concentrations of metals in beached microplastics

(2018) M.C. Vedolin et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Suspended microplastics in a highly polluted bay: Abundance, size, and availability for mesozooplankton

(2018) Gisela M. Figueiredo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

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

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

First record of debris ingestion by the shorebird American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) on the Southern coast of Brazil

(2018) Liana Chesini Rossi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Review on microplastic studies in Brazilian aquatic ecosystems

(2018) Rebeca Oliveira Castro et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Use of estuarine resources by top predator fishes. How do ecological patterns affect rates of contamination by microplastics?

(2018) Guilherme V.B. Ferreira et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic contamination in surface waters in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(2018) Glaucia P. Olivatto et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sorption behavior and mechanism of hydrophilic organic chemicals to virgin and aged microplastics in freshwater and seawater

(2018) Guangzhou Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Influence of environmental and anthropogenic factors on the composition, concentration and spatial distribution of microplastics: A case study of the Bay of Brest (Brittany, France)

(2017) L. Frère et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

High Quantities of Microplastic in Arctic Deep-Sea Sediments from the HAUSGARTEN Observatory

(2017) Melanie Bergmann 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 in the Antarctic marine system: An emerging area of research

(2017) Catherine L. Waller et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Characterization of Biocompatible Materials Using Stereo Microscope 3D Digital Image Correlation 

(2016) Tomasz Rusin et al.   ADVANCED ENGINEERING MATERIALS

Synthetic fibers in atmospheric fallout: A source of microplastics in the environment?

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake

(2014) Christopher M. Free et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics and environmental health: the road ahead

(2013) Emily J. North et al.   REVIEWS ON ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

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

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

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

High quality 3D imaging of vertebrate microremains using X-ray synchrotron phase contrast microtomography

(2010) Joane Pouech et al.   COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL