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ArticleiScience2026

Microplastics in Persian Gulf offshore sediments: Distribution, polymer composition, and ecological risk assessment.

Parisa Amiri, Afsaneh Shahbazi, Ali Mehdinia

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Parisa AmiriEnvironmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Afsaneh ShahbaziEnvironmental Sciences Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
Ali MehdiniaIranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Tehran, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study assesses microplastics (MPs) pollution and ecological risk in offshore sediments of the Persian Gulf, a strategic semi-enclosed sea with limited offshore MPs data. To address this gap, we integrate the pollution load index (PLI), polymer hazard index (PHI), and potential ecological risk index (PERI), using Raman-validated polymer identification to link MPs abundance to polymer-specific hazardousness. Sediments from 39 stations contained 5-45 particles kg

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ecological riskmicroplasticsoffshore sedimentsPersian Gulf

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PMID42701532
PMCPMC13545467

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