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Microplastics in sediments from urban and suburban rivers: Influence of sediment properties

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New Evidence for the Mechanisms of Nanoplastics Amplifying Cadmium Cytotoxicity: Trojan Horse Effect, Inflammatory Response, and Calcium Imbalance

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Recent advances in active packaging: Insights into novel functional elements, response strategies and applications for food preservation

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Hidden problems in geological heritage sites: The microplastic issue on Saint Mary's Island, India, Southeast Arabian Sea

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Occurrence of Microplastics in River Water in Southern Thailand

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Microplastic aging alters the adsorption-desorption behaviors of sulfamethoxazole in marine animals: A study in simulated biological liquids

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How natural and anthropogenic factors should drive microplastic behavior and fate: The scenario of Brazilian urban freshwater

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Increased risk of heavy metal accumulation in mangrove seedlings in coastal wetland environments due to microplastic inflow

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Hazard assessment of microplastics and heavy metals contamination in Levant frogs (Pelophylax bedriagae): A bioindicator in Western Iran

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Mitigating persistent organic pollutants from marine plastics through enhanced recycling: A review

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Microplastic contamination in Ashtamudi Lake, India: Insights from a Ramsar wetland

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Microplastic Pollution in Terrestrial Systems: Sources and Implications for Soil Functioning and Plant Performance

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Microplastics in drinking water distribution systems: Occurrence, environmental behavior, and human health concerns

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Microplastics in Freshwaters: Implications for Aquatic Autotrophic Organisms and Fauna Health

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Key Role of Vegetation Cover in Alleviating Microplastic-Enhanced Carbon Emissions

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Metabolic response of lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.) to polystyrene nanoplastics and microplastics after foliar exposure

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Effects of naturally aged microplastics on arsenic and cadmium accumulation in lettuce: Insights into rhizosphere microecology

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Ingestion of microplastics and textile cellulose particles by some meiofaunal taxa of an urban stream

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Accumulation of Plastics and Trace Elements in the Mangrove Forests of Bima City Bay, Indonesia

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Interaction of micro(nano)plastics and bisphenols in the environment: A recent perspective on adsorption mechanisms, influencing factors and ecotoxic impacts

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Rapid release of heavy metals and anions from polyethylene laminated paper cups into hot water

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Cadmium and polyvinyl chloride microplastics induce mitochondrial damage and apoptosis under oxidative stress in duck kidney

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The release process of Cd on microplastics in a ruminant digestion in-vitro method

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The impact of chlorination on the tetracycline sorption behavior of microplastics in aqueous solution

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Assessment of metals associated with virgin pre-production and freshwater microplastics collected by an Italian river

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Insight into the environmental impact of microplastics: A perspective on the sources, detection, ecotoxicity, and remediation

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Biodegradation of untreated plasticizers-free linear low-density polyethylene films by marine bacteria

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Analysis of Slow-Released Fertilisers as a Source of Microplastics

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Interactions between environmental pollutants and gut microbiota: A review connecting the conventional heavy metals and the emerging microplastics

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Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a technique to detect copper in plastic and microplastic waste

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Americium Sorption by Microplastics in Aqueous Solutions

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Distinctive adsorption and desorption behaviors of temporal and post-treatment heavy metals by iron nanoparticles in the presence of microplastics

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The influence of various microplastics on PBDEs contaminated soil remediation by nZVI and sulfide-nZVI: Impedance, electron-accepting/-donating capacity and aging

Zhang, X., Chen, R., Li, Z., Yu, J., Chen, J., Zhang, Y., Chen, J.-H., Yu, Q., & Qiu, X. (2023) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163233 · Cited by 21

Arsenic interaction with microplastics: Implications for soil-water-food nexus

Premarathna, K. S. D., Mohan, D., Biswas, J. K., Wijesekara, H., Jayasanka, J., & Vithanage, M. S. (2023) · Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health · doi:10.1016/j.coesh.2023.100482 · Cited by 21

Validated method for polystyrene nanoplastic separation in aqueous matrices by asymmetric-flow field flow fraction coupled to MALS and UV–Vis detectors

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An integrated multimethod approach for size-specific assessment of potentially toxic element adsorption onto micro- and nanoplastics: implications for environmental risk

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Characterization and source apportionment of microplastics in Indian composts

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The mechanism of UV accelerated aging of polyvinyl chloride in marine environment: The role of free radicals

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Weathering of microplastics and their enhancement on the retention of cadmium in coastal soil saturated with seawater

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