ReviewGlobal challenges (Hoboken, NJ)2020
Microplastics in Freshwater Biota: A Critical Review of Isolation, Characterization, and Assessment Methods.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Quality Criteria for Microplastic Effect Studies in the Context of Risk Assessment: A Critical Review.Environmental science & technology · 2020Pooled it
- First assessment of microplastic consumption in sympatric black bass species in a temperate river system.Journal of fish biology · 2026Article
- Microplastics in the Human Body: Exposure, Detection, and Risk of Carcinogenesis: A State-of-the-Art Review.Cancers · 2024Review
- Microplastics pollution in tropical lakes: water, zooplankton, and fish in Central Mexico.Environmental monitoring and assessment · 2024Article
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- The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health.Annals of global health · 2023Review
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- Review on the ecotoxicological impacts of plastic pollution on the freshwater invertebrate Daphnia.Environmental toxicology · 2022Review
- Exposure to Microplastics during Early Developmental Stage: Review of Current Evidence.Toxics · 2022Review
- Detection and characterization of small-sized microplastics (≥ 5 µm) in milk products.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Freshwater wild biota exposure to microplastics: A global perspective.Ecology and evolution · 2021Review
- Automated μFTIR Imaging Demonstrates Taxon-Specific and Selective Uptake of Microplastic by Freshwater Invertebrates.Environmental science & technology · 2021Article
- Microplastics in Freshwater Biota: A Critical Review of Isolation, Characterization, and Assessment Methods.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2020Review
- Plastics: From a Success Story to an Environmental Problem and a Global Challenge.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2020Article
- Microplastics Exposure Routes and Toxicity Studies to Ecosystems: An Overview.Environmental analysis, health and toxicology · 2020Article
- Nano- and microplastics affect the composition of freshwater benthic communities in the long term.Science advances · 2020Article
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Abstract
Freshwater systems provide key pathways for microplastic (MP) pollution, and although existing studies have demonstrated the susceptibility of freshwater biota to ingestion, translocation, and trophic transfer, specific challenges pertaining to methodological standardization remain largely unresolved, particularly with respect to isolating, characterizing, and assessing MPs. Here, a critical review is performed outlining the challenges and limitations currently faced by freshwater MP researchers, which may well apply across the MP research spectrum. Recommendations are provided for methodological standardization, particularly in MP characterization, quality assurance, and quality control (QA/QC) procedures as well as reporting. Considerations for the assessment of MPs in freshwater biota as a means of improving comparisons between studies are discussed. Technological advancements, including the improvement of laboratory infrastructure for identifying MPs within the smaller size range as well as methodological standardization are essential in providing policy makers with tools and measures necessary to determine the distribution of MPs within freshwater ecosystems, while also allowing for comparability and providing compliance for future monitoring requirements.
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