Source, Distribution and Emerging Threat of Micro-and Nanoplastics to marine Organism and Human Health: Socio-Economic Impact and Management Strategies

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Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress

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Microplastics in Seafood and the Implications for Human Health

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Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

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Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Laurentian Great Lakes

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Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants

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Oyster reproduction is affected by exposure to polystyrene microplastics

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Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditions

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Uptake and Effects of Microplastics on Cells and Tissue of the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an Experimental Exposure

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The present and future of microplastic pollution in the marine environment

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Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

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

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Trophic transfer of microplastics and mixed contaminants in the marine food web and implications for human health

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Pollutants bioavailability and toxicological risk from microplastics to marine mussels

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Microplastics research—from sink to source

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

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The Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Feeding, Function and Fecundity in the Marine Copepod Calanus helgolandicus

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Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity

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Nanoplastic Affects Growth of S. obliquus and Reproduction of D. magna

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Microplastic Pollution in Table Salts from China

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Synthetic Polymer Contamination in Bottled Water

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Organic fertilizer as a vehicle for the entry of microplastic into the environment

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Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms

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

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(Micro)plastic crisis: Un-ignorable contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions and climate change

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