Microplastics in Food: A Review on Analytical Methods and Challenges

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Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota

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Microplastic Pollution in Table Salts from China

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Plastic Teabags Release Billions of Microparticles and Nanoparticles into Tea

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Analysis of environmental microplastics by vibrational microspectroscopy: FTIR, Raman or both?

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Microplastics are taken up by mussels (Mytilus edulis) and lugworms (Arenicola marina) living in natural habitats

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Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

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Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

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Microplastics and mesoplastics in fish from coastal and fresh waters of China

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Microplastics in commercial bivalves from China

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Turning microplastics into nanoplastics through digestive fragmentation by Antarctic krill

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Microplastics profile along the Rhine River

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Microplastics in seafood: Benchmark protocol for their extraction and characterization

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Ingestion of microplastics by commercial fish off the Portuguese coast

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Microplastics in Wild Fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and Its Potential for Causing Neurotoxic Effects, Lipid Oxidative Damage, and Human Health Risks Associated with Ingestion Exposure

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Identification of polymer types and additives in marine microplastic particles using pyrolysis-GC/MS and scanning electron microscopy

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Accumulation of different shapes of microplastics initiates intestinal injury and gut microbiota dysbiosis in the gut of zebrafish

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Toxicity of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Mammalian Systems

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Microplastic fibers in the intertidal ecosystem surrounding Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia

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Microplastics in mussels along the coastal waters of China

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Plastic in north sea fish.

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Simulating human exposure to indoor airborne microplastics using a Breathing Thermal Manikin

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Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal

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Quality assessment of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): comparison between commercial and wild types

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Microplastic litter composition of the Turkish territorial waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and its occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract of fish

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Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

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A high-performance protocol for extraction of microplastics in fish

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Microplastic contamination in brown shrimp (Crangon crangon, Linnaeus 1758) from coastal waters of the Southern North Sea and Channel area

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Microplastic fragments and microbeads in digestive tracts of planktivorous fish from urban coastal waters

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Microplastics in different tissues of fish and prawn from the Musa Estuary, Persian Gulf

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The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries

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Plastic Ingestion by Pelagic and Demersal Fish from the North Sea and Baltic Sea

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Microplastics in mussels sampled from coastal waters and supermarkets in the United Kingdom

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Enzymatic Purification of Microplastics in Environmental Samples

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Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in market bivalves from South Korea

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An automated approach for microplastics analysis using focal plane array (FPA) FTIR microscopy and image analysis

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Branded milks – Are they immune from microplastics contamination?

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The occurrence of microplastic in specific organs in commercially caught fishes from coast and estuary area of east China

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Using the Asian clam as an indicator of microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems

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Impact of Microplastic Beads and Fibers on Waterflea ( Ceriodaphnia dubia ) Survival, Growth, and Reproduction: Implications of Single and Mixture Exposures

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Microplastics in Spanish Table Salt

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Global Pattern of Microplastics (MPs) in Commercial Food-Grade Salts: Sea Salt as an Indicator of Seawater MP Pollution

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Investigating a probable relationship between microplastics and potentially toxic elements in fish muscles from northeast of Persian Gulf

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Impacts of temperature and selected chemical digestion methods on microplastic particles

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Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries

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Microplastics ingestion by a common tropical freshwater fishing resource

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Microplastic and mesoplastic contamination in canned sardines and sprats

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Microplastics contamination in molluscs from the northern part of the Persian Gulf

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Microplastic pollution in the Maowei Sea, a typical mariculture bay of China

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Optimization, performance, and application of a pyrolysis-GC/MS method for the identification of microplastics

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Occurrence of microplastics in the Han River and riverine fish in South Korea

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First evidence of microplastics in the African Great Lakes: Recovery from Lake Victoria Nile perch and Nile tilapia

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Development and optimization of a standard method for extraction of microplastics in mussels by enzyme digestion of soft tissues

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Microplastics from consumer plastic food containers: Are we consuming it?

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Microplastic Ingestion by Wild and Cultured Manila Clams (Venerupis philippinarum) from Baynes Sound, British Columbia

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Accumulation of microplastics in typical commercial aquatic species: A case study at a productive aquaculture site in China

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Factors influencing the microplastic contamination of bivalves from the French Atlantic coast: Location, season and/or mode of life?

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Evaluation of existing methods to extract microplastics from bivalve tissue: Adapted KOH digestion protocol improves filtration at single-digit pore size

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Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

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The accumulation of microplastics in fish from an important fish farm and mariculture area, Haizhou Bay, China

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Microplastics in the commercial seaweed nori

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Contamination of table salts from Turkey with microplastics

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Identification of microplastics in surface water and Australian freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis in Victoria, Australia

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