ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2022
Micro-Nano Plastic in the Aquatic Environment: Methodological Problems and Challenges.
Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Neurophysiological and Behavioral Effects of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Organisms.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Comparative Metabolomic Approaches to Nanoplastic Toxicity in Mammalian and Aquatic Systems.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Sublethal Effects of Polystyrene Nanoplastics on the Embryonic Development ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Antibiotic Resistance Mediated byAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Plastic Interactions with Pollutants and Consequences to Aquatic Ecosystems: What We Know and What We Do Not Know.Biomolecules · 2022Review
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- A Preliminary Assessment of Size-Fractionated Microplastics in Indoor Aerosol-Kuwait's Baseline.Toxics · 2022Article
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Abstract
Microplastic research has become a buzz word. It is seen as one of the most pressing issues of Anthropocene contamination. There is certainly no doubt about the ubiquitous presence of microplastic (MP) in almost all environmental matrices. However, the validity of considering them as a vector for contaminants needs some reconsideration, there are other more potent pathways. Their effect on marine biota also calls for some realistic experiments with environmental concentrations of MP and nanoplastic (NP). It has been observed that in most published literature, polymer characterization is performed. Is it necessary to do, or will merely finding and confirming the particle as plastic suffice for environmental research? Harmonization of protocols is necessary, and there is likely a need for some inter-laboratory comparison exercises in order to produce comparable data and reliable assessments across regions. Samples collected from the same area using different techniques show an order of magnitude difference in MP concentration. The issue of nanoplastic is more contentious; are we technologically ready to identify NP in environmental samples?
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