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

Perception of corruption and public support for redistribution in Latin America

(2022) Esther Hauk et al.   European Journal of Political Economy

Effectiveness of Mask Wearing to Control Community Spread of SARS-CoV-2

(2021) John T. Brooks et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

A multicountry perspective on gender differences in time use during COVID-19

(2021) Laura M. Giurge et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Seven potential sources of arsenic pollution in Latin America and their environmental and health impacts

(2021) Jochen Bundschuh et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Preliminary study and first evidence of presence of microplastics in terrestrial herpetofauna from Southwestern Paraguay

(2021) Cullen Micheal Mackenzie et al.   STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT

Weathering Plastics as a Planetary Boundary Threat: Exposure, Fate, and Hazards

(2021) Hans Peter H. Arp et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fabricating a Low-Cost Raman Spectrometer to Introduce Students to Spectroscopy Basics and Applied Instrument Design

(2021) Neethu Emmanuel et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION

Mesh selectivity of neuston nets for microplastics

(2021) Tadashi Tokai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Assessing the filtration efficiency and regulatory status of N95s and nontraditional filtering face-piece respirators available during the COVID-19 pandemic

(2021) Deborah Plana et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

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

Garbage Dump Use, Mortality, and Microplastic Exposure of Raptors in Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego Province, Southern Argentina

(2021) Grace Bouker et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

The impacts of weathering on concentration and bioaccessibility of organic pollutants associated with plastic pellets (nurdles) in coastal environments

(2021) Xiangtao Jiang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in Cox's Bazar, the longest natural beach in the world

(2021) Md. Refat Jahan Rakib et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence, distribution, and characterization of suspended microplastics in a highly impacted estuarine wetland in Argentina

(2021) A.D. Forero-López et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Face mask waste generation and management during the COVID-19 pandemic: An overview and the Peruvian case

(2021) Fernando G. Torres et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Facemasks: A Looming Microplastic Crisis

(2021) Janith Dissanayake et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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

(2021) Claudia B. Pratesi et al.   Sustainability

A New Collection Tool-Kit to Sample Microplastics From the Marine Environment (Sediment, Seawater, and Biota) Using Citizen Science

(2021) Lola M. Paradinas et al.   Frontiers in Marine Science

Training and evaluating machine learning algorithms for ocean microplastics classification through vibrational spectroscopy

(2021) Henrique de Medeiros Back et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Face masks as a source of nanoplastics and microplastics in the environment: Quantification, characterization, and potential for bioaccumulation

(2021) Jie Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Brazil’s scientists face 90% budget cut

(2021) Alicia J. Kowaltowski   NATURE

Organochlorine pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, metals and metalloids in microplastics found in regurgitated pellets of black vulture from Campeche, Mexico

(2021) Merle M. Borges-Ramírez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Neglected microplastics pollution in global COVID-19: Disposable surgical masks

(2021) Maocai Shen et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The challenges of Covid-19 pandemic on improving plastic waste recycling rates

(2021) Norman Ebner et al.   Sustainable Production and Consumption

Microplastics integrating the zooplanktonic fraction in a saline lake of Argentina: influence of water management

(2020) María Belén Alfonso et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

EXPRESS: Critical Assessment of Analytical Methods for the Harmonized and Cost Efficient Analysis of Microplastics

(2020) Sebastian Primpke et al.   APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY

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

Monitoring the occurrence of microplastic ingestion in Otariids along the Peruvian and Chilean coasts

(2020) Diego J. Perez-Venegas et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Metro station free drinking water fountain- A potential “microplastics hotspot” for human consumption

(2020) V.C. Shruti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Transfer and transport of microplastics from biosolids to agricultural soils and the wider environment

(2020) Jill Crossman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic pollution in neotropical rainforest, savanna, pine plantations, and pasture soils in lowland areas of Oaxaca, Mexico: Preliminary results

(2020) Jonás Álvarez-Lopeztello et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Sorption of pharmaceuticals on the surface of microplastics

(2020) Alan Puckowski et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

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

Microplastics occurrence and frequency in soils under different land uses on a regional scale

(2020) Fabio Corradini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Study of a stream in Argentina with a high concentration of microplastics: Preliminary analysis of the methodology

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

Environmental justice and drinking water quality: are there socioeconomic disparities in nitrate levels in U.S. drinking water?

(2019) Laurel A. Schaider et al.   Environmental Health

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

Floating microplastics and aggregate formation in the Western Mediterranean Sea

(2019) William P. de Haan et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Presence and characterization of microplastics in fish of commercial importance from the Biobío region in central Chile

(2019) Karla Pozo 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

Ecology of Prognathodes obliquus, a butterflyfish endemic to mesophotic ecosystems of St. Peter and St. Paul’s Archipelago

(2019) Lucas T. Nunes et al.   CORAL REEFS

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

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

Description of buoyant fibers adhering to Argonauta nouryi (Cephalopoda: Argonautidae) collected from the stomach contents of three top predators in the Mexican South Pacific

(2019) María del Carmen Alejo-Plata et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Characterization of microplastics in the surface waters of Kingston Harbour

(2019) Deanna Rose et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Evidence of microplastic accumulation in agricultural soils from sewage sludge disposal

(2019) Fabio Corradini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence and seasonal distribution of microplastics and phthalates in sediments from the urban channel of the Ria and coast of Campeche, Mexico

(2019) Merle M. Borges Ramirez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution

(2019) Joana C. Prata et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Marine litter and microplastic pollution on mangrove soils of the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean

(2019) Ostin Garcés-Ordóñez et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Widespread microplastics distribution at an Amazon macrotidal sandy beach

(2019) José Eduardo Martinelli Filho et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Seasonal variation in the abundance of marine plastic debris in Banderas Bay, Mexico

(2019) Tania Pelamatti et al.   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

Environmental occurrences, fate, and impacts of microplastics

(2019) Panfeng Wu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

A baseline study of microplastics in the burrowing crab (Neohelice granulata) from a temperate southwestern Atlantic estuary

(2019) Diana M. Villagran et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics as contaminants in the soil environment: A mini-review

(2019) Jiao Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the Digestive Tracts of Four Fish Species from the Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta Estuary in Colombia

(2019) Ernesto A. Calderon et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Massive plastic pollution in a mega-river of a developing country: Sediment deposition and ingestion by fish (Prochilodus lineatus)

(2019) Martín C.M. Blettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Synthetic microfibers in marine sediments and surface seawater from the Argentinean continental shelf and a Marine Protected Area

(2019) Ana C. Ronda et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Micro- and nano-plastics in marine environment: Source, distribution and threats — A review

(2019) Licheng Peng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Developmental toxicity in zebrafish exposed to polyethylene microplastics under static and semi-static aquatic systems

(2019) Guilherme Malafaia et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics: Sources and distribution in surface waters and sediments of Todos Santos Bay, Mexico

(2019) Nancy Ramírez-Álvarez et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic sampling with the AVANI trawl compared to two neuston trawls in the Bay of Bengal and South Pacific

(2018) Marcus Eriksen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators

(2018) Sarah E. Nelms et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics as an emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems

(2018) Anderson Abel de Souza Machado et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastics on sandy beaches of the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

(2018) Teresita de Jesus Piñon-Colin 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

Microplastics in surface waters and sediments of the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

(2018) Mingxiao Di et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastics in soil: Analytical methods and possible sources

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

Small-sized microplastics and pigmented particles in bottled mineral water

(2018) Barbara E. Oßmann et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Plastic ingestion and trophic transfer between Easter Island flying fish (Cheilopogon rapanouiensis) and yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

(2018) Catherine Chagnon et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics integrating the coastal planktonic community in the inner zone of the Río de la Plata estuary (South America)

(2018) Rocío S. Pazos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

First detection of plastic microfibers in a wild population of South American fur seals (Arctocephalus australis) in the Chilean Northern Patagonia

(2018) D.J. Perez-Venegas et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of microplastics in raw and treated drinking water

(2018) Martin Pivokonsky et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic content variation in water column: The observations employing a novel sampling tool in stratified Baltic Sea

(2018) M.B. Zobkov et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Review on microplastic studies in Brazilian aquatic ecosystems

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

Low numbers of microplastics detected in drinking water from ground water sources

(2018) S.M. Mintenig et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Methods for sampling and detection of microplastics in water and sediment: A critical review

(2018) Joana Correia Prata et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Collateral effects of microplastic pollution on aquatic microorganisms: An ecological perspective

(2018) Maria Arias-Andres et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Microplastics in soils: Analytical methods, pollution characteristics and ecological risks

(2018) Defu He et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Accumulation and fate of nano- and micro-plastics and associated contaminants in organisms

(2018) Francisca Ribeiro et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Distribution and importance of microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the sources, fate, effects, and potential solutions

(2017) H.S. Auta et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Plastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems: macro-, meso-, and microplastic debris in a floodplain lake

(2017) Martin C. M. Blettler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Microplastics ingestion by a common tropical freshwater fishing resource

(2017) Jacqueline Santos Silva-Cavalcanti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Incorporation of microplastics from litter into burrows of Lumbricus terrestris

(2017) Esperanza Huerta Lwanga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quantifying microplastic pollution on sandy beaches: the conundrum of large sample variability and spatial heterogeneity

(2017) Mara Fisner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Transport of microplastics in coastal seas

(2017) Hua Zhang   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Water-borne protozoa parasites: The Latin American perspective

(2017) Félix Manuel Rosado-García et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Is the feeding type related with the content of microplastics in intertidal fish gut?

(2017) Ricardo Mizraji et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in gut contents of coastal freshwater fish from Río de la Plata estuary

(2017) Rocío S. Pazos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Widespread microplastic ingestion by fish assemblages in tropical estuaries subjected to anthropogenic pressures

(2017) A.L. Vendel et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A large-scale investigation of microplastic contamination: Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in European beach sediment

(2017) Froukje A.E. Lots et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics

(2017) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies

(2017) Julia Talvitie et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics: An introduction to environmental transport processes

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water

In situ ingestion of microfibres by meiofauna from sandy beaches

(2016) Felipe Gusmão et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Revealing accumulation zones of plastic pellets in sandy beaches

(2016) Fabiana T. Moreira et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Evaluation of microplastics in Jurujuba Cove, Niterói, RJ, Brazil, an area of mussels farming

(2016) Rebeca Oliveira Castro et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic contamination in natural mussel beds from a Brazilian urbanized coastal region: Rapid evaluation through bioassessment

(2016) M.F.M. Santana et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in tourist beaches of Huatulco Bay, Pacific coast of southern Mexico

(2016) I. Retama et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic pollution of the beaches of Guanabara Bay, Southeast Brazil

(2016) Diego Gomes de Carvalho et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Leachate from microplastics impairs larval development in brown mussels

(2016) Pablo Pena Gandara e Silva et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Plastic pollution in Swiss surface waters: nature and concentrations, interaction with pollutants

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Microplastic resin pellets on an urban tropical beach in Colombia

(2015) Isabel Acosta-Coley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Seasonal distribution and interactions between plankton and microplastics in a tropical estuary

(2015) A.R.A. Lima et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Evaluation of the impact of polyethylene microbeads ingestion in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae

(2015) D. Mazurais et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Assessment of microplastic toxicity to embryonic development of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

(2015) C.R. Nobre et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental and Sanitary Conditions of Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro

(2015) Giovana O. Fistarol et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Distribution patterns of microplastics within the plankton of a tropical estuary

(2014) A.R.A. Lima et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Three-dimensional distribution of plastic pellets in sandy beaches: shifting paradigms

(2014) Alexander Turra et al.   Scientific Reports

Global warming releases microplastic legacy frozen in Arctic Sea ice

(2014) Rachel W. Obbard et al.   Earths Future

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic

(2013) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

On the importance of size of plastic fragments and pellets on the strandline: a snapshot of a Brazilian beach

(2009) Monica F. Costa et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT