Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

(2018) Dong Zhu et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Histopathological and molecular effects of microplastics in Eisenia andrei Bouché

(2017) A. Rodriguez-Seijo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fate of nano- and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

(2017) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Incorporation of microplastics from litter into burrows of Lumbricus terrestris

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transport of microplastics by two collembolan species

(2017) Stefanie Maaß et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Presence of plastic particles in waterbirds faeces collected in Spanish lakes

(2017) J.A. Gil-Delgado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Simultaneous Trace Identification and Quantification of Common Types of Microplastics in Environmental Samples by Pyrolysis-Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

(2017) Marten Fischer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Low-Dose Effects: Nonmonotonic Responses for the Toxicity of a Bacillus thuringiensis Biocide to Daphnia magna

(2017) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic Bag Derived-Microplastics as a Vector for Metal Exposure in Terrestrial Invertebrates

(2017) Mark E. Hodson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Occurrence and Characteristics of Microplastic Pollution in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2017) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Potential Environmental Impacts of an “Underground Revolution”: A Response to Bender et al.

(2017) Anderson A.S. Machado et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

How well is microlitter purified from wastewater? – A detailed study on the stepwise removal of microlitter in a tertiary level wastewater treatment plant

(2017) Julia Talvitie 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

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

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

Microplastic Incorporation into Soil in Agroecosystems

(2017) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Population-relevant endpoints in the evaluation of endocrine-active substances (EAS) for ecotoxicological hazard and risk assessment

(2017) Mary S Marty et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

(2017) Tamara S. Galloway et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Microplastic transport in soil by earthworms

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

Brain damage and behavioural disorders in fish induced by plastic nanoparticles delivered through the food chain

(2017) Karin Mattsson et al.   Scientific Reports

Cytotoxicity and colloidal behavior of polystyrene latex nanoparticles toward filamentous fungi in isotonic solutions

(2016) Toshiyuki Nomura et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Short-term exposure with high concentrations of pristine microplastic particles leads to immobilisation of Daphnia magna

(2016) Saskia Rehse et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2016) Sherri A. Mason et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The plasticizer bisphenol A affects somatic and sexual development, but differently in pipid, hylid and bufonid anurans

(2016) Stephanie Tamschick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A Procedure for Measuring Microplastics using Pressurized Fluid Extraction

(2016) Stephen Fuller 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

Microplastics in the Terrestrial Ecosystem: Implications for Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

(2016) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Sewage Sludge: Effects of Treatment

(2016) A. M. Mahon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Are Agricultural Soils Dumps for Microplastics of Urban Origin?

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic as a Vector for Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Critical Review and Model-Supported Reinterpretation of Empirical Studies

(2016) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interplay of soil water repellency, soil aggregation and organic carbon. A meta-analysis

(2016) Weishuang Zheng et al.   GEODERMA

Surface area is the biologically most effective dose metric for acute nanoparticle toxicity in the lung

(2016) Otmar Schmid et al.   JOURNAL OF AEROSOL SCIENCE

Dangerous hitchhikers? Evidence for potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on microplastic particles

(2016) Inga V. Kirstein et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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(2016)   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sorption of 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl by microplastics: A case study of polypropylene

(2016) Zhiwei Zhan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

(2016) Anika Ballent et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics and other anthropogenic debris in freshwater birds from Canada

(2016) Erika R. Holland et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microscopic anthropogenic litter in terrestrial birds from Shanghai, China: Not only plastics but also natural fibers

(2016) Shiye Zhao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastic mulching in agriculture. Trading short-term agronomic benefits for long-term soil degradation?

(2016) Zacharias Steinmetz et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Polystyrene nanoparticles internalization in human gastric adenocarcinoma cells

(2016) Maurizio Forte et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

The interplay between soil structure, roots, and microbiota as a determinant of plant-soil feedback

(2016) Joana Bergmann et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Microplastic in surface waters of urban rivers: concentration, sources, and associated bacterial assemblages

(2016) Amanda R. McCormick et al.   Ecosphere

A theoretical assessment of microplastic transport in river catchments and their retention by soils and river sediments

(2016) Luca Nizzetto et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Cytotoxicity and behavior of polystyrene latex nanoparticles to budding yeast

(2015) Jumpei Miyazaki et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Questions of size and numbers in environmental research on microplastics: methodological and conceptual aspects

(2015) Montserrat Filella   Environmental Chemistry

The discharge of certain amounts of industrial microplastic from a production plant into the River Danube is permitted by the Austrian legislation

(2015) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

(2015) Hans Bouwmeester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics: addressing ecological risk through lessons learned

(2015) Kristian Syberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Extinction risk of soil biota

(2015) Stavros D. Veresoglou et al.   Nature Communications

Adhesion and internalization of functionalized polystyrene latex nanoparticles toward the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

(2014) Jumpei Miyazaki et al.   ADVANCED POWDER TECHNOLOGY

The Danube so colourful: A potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish larvae in Europe's second largest river

(2014) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in sediments from Norderney

(2014) Jens H. Dekiff et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Synthetic particles as contaminants in German beers

(2014) Gerd Liebezeit et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

Plastics Derived Endocrine Disruptors (BPA, DEHP and DBP) Induce Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Obesity, Reproductive Disease and Sperm Epimutations

(2013) Mohan Manikkam et al.   PLoS One

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

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

Microplastic in Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Soil?

(2012) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Oral exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles affects iron absorption

(2012) Gretchen J. Mahler et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Most Plastic Products Release Estrogenic Chemicals: A Potential Health Problem That Can Be Solved

(2011) Chun Z. Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Comparative Quantitative and Qualitative Attributes of the Surface Respiratory Macrophages in the Domestic Duck and the Rabbit

(2011) P. M Mutua et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives

(2011) W. Steffen et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Review of ‘emerging’ organic contaminants in biosolids and assessment of international research priorities for the agricultural use of biosolids

(2010) Bradley O. Clarke et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Barrier Capacity of Human Placenta for Nanosized Materials

(2009) Peter Wick et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010

(2009) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Disentangling the impact of AM fungi versus roots on soil structure and water transport

(2008) Paul D. Hallett et al.   PLANT AND SOIL