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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

A review on occurrence, characteristics, toxicology and treatment of nanoplastic waste in the environment.

Bhavya Shri Subramaniam Ramasamy, Shanmugam Palanisamy

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bhavya Shri Subramaniam RamasamyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, 638 060, India.
Shanmugam PalanisamyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, 638 060, India. shapal.chem@kongu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1603-1683
Baptist College of Health Sciences · US

Funding

Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology SR/FST/COLLEGE-096/2017KVIT Trust KEC/R&D/SGRS/05/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoplastics (NPs) have showed hotspot of discussion in recent years due to their impact in environment as a futuristic major pollutant in water, soil and air. In this correspondence review on the occurrence of nanoplastics and its effect at the environment as a waste have been overviewed and assimilated. It has the direct or indirect effect on aquatic and terrestrial geographical living beings due to its toxicity. The review revealed the major lacking in the field of analysis, database of contaminant quantity and legislative support to essential eradication on the existing imminent pollutant effects. A brief discussion about properties and characters of nanoplastics has been done. The environment exposed with macroplastics, microplastics and nanoplastics has abundantly contaminated the ecosystem surrounding it. Recent studies reveal that the major health effect by nanosize particles has mainly induced toxicity to the aquatic and terrestrial animals when compared to microsize particles and macrosize particles. The drastic effects and its toxicity in living ecosystem due to nanoplastics have been shown. The occurring waste is supposed to manage from environment by treating before entering into environment. The degradation methods for treatment of nanoplastics have been discussed in this review work.

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Environmental PollutantsWater Pollutants, ChemicalAnimalsEcosystemMicroplasticsPlasticsEnvironmental PollutantsMicroplasticsPlasticsWater Pollutants, ChemicalContaminationDegradationNanoplasticsPollutionPolymersToxicity

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PMID34173146
OpenAlexW3173447269

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