Fate and potential risks of microplastic fibers and fragments in water and wastewater treatment processes

Insights into the degradation mechanism of PET and PP under marine conditions using FTIR

(2023) Sarra N. Dimassi et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Effects of UV-based oxidation processes on the degradation of microplastic: Fragmentation, organic matter release, toxicity and disinfection byproduct formation

(2023) Zhenqi Du et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Unravelling the complex adsorption behavior of extracellular polymeric substances onto pristine and UV-aged microplastics using two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy

(2023) Rabia Zafar et al.   Chemical Engineering Journal

Toxicity of micro and nano tire particles and leachate for model freshwater organisms

(2022) Brittany Cunningham et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Residual additives in marine microplastics and their risk assessment – A critical review

(2022) Patrik Fauser et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics aging in wastewater treatment plants: Focusing on physicochemical characteristics changes and corresponding environmental risks

(2022) Xuran Liu et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Interactive impacts of microplastics and chlorine on biological stability and microbial community formation in stagnant water

(2022) Xiao Chen et al.   WATER RESEARCH

H2O2 concentration influenced the photoaging mechanism and kinetics of polystyrene microplastic under UV irradiation: Direct and indirect photolysis

(2022) Shuying Dong et al.   Journal of Cleaner Production

Transformation of microplastics by oxidative water and wastewater treatment processes: A critical review

(2022) Yeonseo Jeong et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Seasonal variation and spatial distribution of microplastics in tertiary wastewater treatment plant in South Korea

(2022) Min-Ji Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Wastewater treatment plant serves as a potentially controllable source of microplastic: Association of microplastic removal and operational parameters and water quality data

(2022) Yuanling Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Modeling the Conditional Fragmentation-Induced Microplastic Distribution

(2021) Liuwei Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Transport and accumulation of microplastics through wastewater treatment sludge processes

(2021) Somayye Sadat Alavian Petroody et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

The reactive oxygen species as pathogenic factors of fragmented microplastics to macrophages

(2021) Soyeon Jeon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic removal in conventional drinking water treatment processes: Performance, mechanism, and potential risk

(2021) Sang-Heon Na et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Release of microplastic particles to the aquatic environment via wastewater treatment plants: The impact of sand filters as tertiary treatment

(2021) Matin Funck et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Chlorine disinfection elevates the toxicity of polystyrene microplastics to human cells by inducing mitochondria-dependent apoptosis

(2021) Jing Qin et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Characteristics of microplastic polymer-derived dissolved organic matter and its potential as a disinfection byproduct precursor

(2020) Yun Kyung Lee et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Rainfall is a significant environmental factor of microplastic pollution in inland waters

(2020) Wulai Xia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

An audit of microplastic abundance throughout three Australian wastewater treatment plants

(2020) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A review of the removal of microplastics in global wastewater treatment plants: Characteristics and mechanisms

(2020) Weiyi Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Microplastic distributions in a domestic wastewater treatment plant: Removal efficiency, seasonal variation and influence of sampling technique

(2020) Eric A. Ben-David et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Transfer and fate of microplastics during the conventional activated sludge process in one wastewater treatment plant of China

(2019) Xiaoning Liu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

Nano/microplastics in water and wastewater treatment processes – Origin, impact and potential solutions

(2019) Marie Enfrin et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Effects of accelerated aging on characteristics, leaching, and toxicity of commercial lead chromate pigmented microplastics

(2019) Hongwei Luo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Chemical and physical changes of microplastics during sterilization by chlorination

(2019) Varun P. Kelkar et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Effects of chemical pretreatments on microplastic extraction in sewage sludge and their physicochemical characteristics

(2019) Xiaowei Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

(2018) Mengting Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Deposition Dynamics of Rod-Shaped Colloids during Transport in Porous Media under Favorable Conditions

(2018) Ke Li et al.   LANGMUIR

Microplastics in wastewater: State of the knowledge on sources, fate and solutions

(2018) Joana Correia Prata   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

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

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A novel method for preparing microplastic fibers

(2016) Matthew Cole   Scientific Reports

Biological and physico-chemical formation of Birnessite during the ripening of manganese removal filters

(2015) Jantinus H. Bruins et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Straining of Nonspherical Colloids in Saturated Porous Media

(2008) Shangping Xu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY