SynthesisEnvironmental science. Processes & impacts2022
Emerging investigator series: microplastic sources, fate, toxicity, detection, and interactions with micropollutants in aquatic ecosystems - a review of reviews.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Refined analysis of microplastics in endemic fish species from Lake Victoria using µ-FTIR and pyrolysis GC-MS.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2026Article
- Nano- and Microplastics in the Cardiovascular System: Current Insights and Biological Implications.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Coexposure of Micro and Nano-Plastics with Pesticides: Cytotoxicity and Bioaccumulation Effects on a Fish Intestinal Cell Line.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Environmental co-exposure to microplastics and phenol may influence redox signaling and tumor microenvironment dynamics.Journal of Cancer · 2026Review
- Irreversible Plastic Flows and Sedimentary Ecological Entrapment: A Critical Review of Legacy Risks and Governance Strategies for Planetary Health.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Performance of polyvinyl alcohol graphene oxide membrane for microplastic removal in wastewater with an IoT based monitoring approach.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A critical review of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems: Degradation mechanisms and removing strategies.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2024Review
- Scientometric analysis of electrocatalysis in wastewater treatment: today and tomorrow.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Review
- Interfacial Interactions of Uranium and Arsenic with Microplastics: From Field Detection to Controlled Laboratory Tests.Environmental engineering science · 2023Article
- Microplastics in landfill leachate: Sources, detection, occurrence, and removal.Environmental science and ecotechnology · 2023Review
- Emerging investigator series: microplastic-based leachate formation under UV irradiation: the extent, characteristics, and mechanisms.Environmental science : water research & technology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Hundreds of review studies have been published focusing on microplastics (MPs) and their environmental impacts. With the microbiota colonization of MPs being firmly established, MPs became an important carrier for contaminants to step inside the food web all the way up to humans. Thus, the continuous feed of MPs into the ecosystem has sparked a multitude of scientific concerns about their toxicity, characterization, and interactions with microorganisms and other contaminants. The reports of common subthemes have agreed about many findings and research gaps but also showed contradictions about others. To unravel these equivocal conflicts, we herein compile all the major findings and analyze the paramount discrepancies among these review papers. Furthermore, we systematically reviewed all the highlights, research gaps, concerns, and future needs. The covered focus areas of MPs' literature include the sources, occurrence, fate, existence, and removal in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), toxicity, interaction with microbiota, sampling, characterization, data quality, and interaction with other co-contaminants. This study reveals that many mechanisms of MPs' behavior in aquatic environments like degradation and interaction with microbiota are yet to be comprehended. Furthermore, we emphasize the critical need to standardize methods and parameters for MP characterization to improve the comparability and reproducibility of the incoming research.
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