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Toxic effects and primary source of the aged micro-sized artificial turf fragments and rubber particles: Comparative studies on laboratory photoaging and actual field sampling

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Daphnia magna's Favorite Snack: Biofouled Plastics

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Degradation Characteristics of Environment-Friendly Bamboo Fiber Lunch Box Buried in the Soil

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Reef-Building Corals Do Not Develop Adaptive Mechanisms to Better Cope With Microplastics

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Light availability modulates the responses of the microalgae Desmodesmus sp. to micron-sized polyvinyl chloride microplastics

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Seasonal and spatial variations in microplastics abundances in St. Andrew Bay, Florida

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Structural breakdown and phytotoxic assessments of PE degradation through acid hydrolysis, starch addition and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bioremediation

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Short-term microplastic exposure triggers cellular damage through oxidative stress in the soft coral Coelogorgia palmosa

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A review on microplastics pollution in coastal wetlands

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An integrated chemical engineering approach to understanding microplastics

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Assessment of Microplastics Pollution on Soil Health and Eco-toxicological Risk in Horticulture

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Thickness effects of polyethylene and biodegradable film residuals on soil properties and dryland maize productivity

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Establishment of plastic-associated microbial community from superworm gut microbiome

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Occurrence of microplastics in fish gastrointestinal tracts belongs to different feeding habits from the Bangladesh coast of the Bay of Bengal

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Traversing the prevalence of microplastics in soil-agro ecosystems: Origin, occurrence, and pollutants synergies

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Micro and nanoplastics pollution: A review on global concern and its impacts on ecosystems

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Cotransport of nanoplastics and plastic additive bisphenol AF (BPAF) in unsaturated hyporheic zone: Coupling effects of surface functionalization and protein corona

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Eco-Corona Formation Enhances Cotransport of Nanoplastics and Organic Contaminants in Porous Media

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Uptake of microplastics by the snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis) is commonplace across environmental conditions

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Seasonal evaluation of floating microplastics in a shallow Mediterranean coastal lagoon: Abundance, distribution, chemical composition, and influence of environmental factors

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Evaluation of antioxidant capacity and digestive enzyme activities in Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to nanoplastics under different patterns of hypoxia

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Recycling Microplastics to Fabricate Anodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries: From Removal of Environmental Troubles via Electrocoagulation to Useful Resources

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Continuum from microplastics to nanoplastics: effects of size and source on the estuarine bivalve Scrobicularia plana

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The implementation of microbes in plastic biodegradation

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Freshwater plastispheres as a vector for foodborne bacteria and viruses

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Visible Combined Near-Infrared in Situ Imaging Revealed Dynamic Effects of Microplastic Fibers and Beads in Zebrafish

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Independence of microplastic ingestion from environmental load in the round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) from the Rhine river using high quality standards

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Material flow analysis of plastic waste in the gulf co-operation countries (GCC) and the Arabian gulf: Focusing on Qatar

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Small-Size Microplastics in Urban Stormwater Runoff are Efficiently Trapped in a Bioretention Cell

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Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact

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Characterization, distribution, and risk assessment of microplastic in fish and sediment from the longest river of Bangladesh

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Microplastic Pollution and Reduction Strategies

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The effects of two sized polystyrene nanoplastics on the growth, physiological functions, and toxin production of Alexandrium tamarense

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Quantification of Structure–Property Relationships for Plant Polyesters Reveals Suberin and Cutin Idiosyncrasies

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Microplastics in Arctic invertebrates: status on occurrence and recommendations for future monitoring

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Regionally disparate ecological responses to microplastic slowing of faecal pellets yields coherent carbon cycle response

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Harmful algae and pathogens on plastics in three mediterranean coastal lagoons

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Abundance of microplastic in different coastal areas using Phragmatopoma caudata (Kroyer in Morch, 1863) (Polychaeta: Sabelariidae) as an indicator

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Can we shop ourselves to a clean sea? An experimental panel approach to assess the persuasiveness of private labels as a private governance approach to microplastic pollution.

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Interaction of Invertebrates and Synthetic Polymers in Soil: A Review

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Polystyrene Nanoplastics Can Alter the Toxicological Effects of Simvastatin on Danio rerio

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Effect of alternative natural diet on microplastic ingestion, functional responses and trophic transfer in a tri-trophic coastal pelagic food web.

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Long-term exposure of a free-living freshwater micro- and meiobenthos community to microplastic mixtures in microcosms

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Biological Modulation of Autophagy by Nanoplastics: A Current Overview

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Ingestion of microplastics by free-living marine nematodes, especially Enoplolaimus spp., in Mallipo Beach, South Korea

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A coupled Lagrangian-Eulerian model for microplastics as vectors of contaminants applied to the Mediterranean Sea

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Assessment of Macroplastic Pollution on Selected Tourism Beaches of Barobo, Surigao Del Sur, Philippines

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Maximizing Realism: Mapping Plastic Particles at the Ocean Surface Using Mixtures of Normal Distributions

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Panacea for the nanoplastic surge in Africa: A state-of-the-art review

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Development of solid agents of the diphenyl ether herbicide degrading bacterium Bacillus sp. Za based on a mixed organic fertilizer carrier

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Cascading Polymer Macro-Debris Upcycling and Microparticle Removal as an Effective Life Cycle Plastic Pollution Mitigation Strategy

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“The great source” microplastic abundance and characteristics along the river Thames

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Effects of exposure to nanoplastics on the gill of mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis: An integrated perspective from multiple biomarkers

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Microplastics ingestion and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) by breeding seabirds in the east tropical Atlantic: Associations with trophic and foraging proxies (δ15N and δ13C)

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Microplastics in the Insular Marine Environment of the Southwest Indian Ocean Carry a Microbiome Including Antimicrobial Resistant (Amr) Bacteria: A Case Study from Reunion Island

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Assessment and accumulation of microplastics in the Indian riverine systems: Risk assessment and implications of translocation across the water-to-fish continuum

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Plastics adsorption and removal by 2D ultrathin iron oxide nanodiscs: From micro to nano

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Commentary: Tissue accumulation of microplastics in mice and biomarker responses suggest widespread health risks of exposure

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Alleviating binary toxicity of polystyrene nanoplastics and atrazine to Chlorella vulgaris through humic acid interaction: Long-term toxicity using environmentally relevant concentrations

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Microplastics and the freshwater plankton: Effects on grazing and mortality

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Biodegradable microplastics affect tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) growth by interfering rhizosphere key phylotypes

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Microplastic pollution remediation: a comprehensive review on electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs) for degradation in wastewater

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Chronic PET‐Microplastic Exposure: Disruption of Gut–Liver Homeostasis and Risk of Hepatic Steatosis

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Gaps between Laboratory Experiments and Real-World Exposure: Toxicological Assessment of Microplastics Is Based on Inadequate Evidence

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