5. Drinking Water Contamination As many people know,tap water toxicityis a concerning health issue in the United States and around the globe. Are microplastics in drinking water? Sadly, plastics are present in drinking water today. According to one investigation, 83 percent of water test samples...
Since these compounds can transfer to organisms upon ingestion, MP act as vectors for other organic pollutants [[7]] and are, therefore, a source of wildlife exposure to these chemicals [[8],[9]]. Accordingly, MP are considered an emerging global issue by various experts [[10],[11]] ...
This study presents quantitative characterization of MP in coastal atmospheric air mass, considering the ocean as a source of atmospheric MP. Article Google Scholar Trainic, M. et al. Airborne microplastic particles detected in the remote marine atmosphere. Commun. Earth Env. 1, 64 (2020). ...
The microplastics spread in the environment due to environmental factors and the inherent properties of microplastics, such as density, hydrophobicity, and recalcitrance, and then eventually enter the water environment. In this study, to better understand the behavior of microplastics in the water ...
This open access book focuses on microscopic plastic debris, also referred to as microplastics, which have been detected in aquatic environments.
Some of these studies triggered a great deal of attention in the scientific community as well as the media, putting the issue of human exposure to microplastics via drinking water high on the agenda of public health agencies worldwide. More broadly, ensuring safe drinking water is high on the...
Microplastic (MP) is a pervasive pollutant in nature that is colonised by diverse groups of microbes, including potentially pathogenic species. Fungi have been largely neglected in this context, despite their affinity for plastics and their impact as pat
Another issue related to the presence of microorganisms in MPs is increasing antimicrobial resistance. MPs could act as a microcosm for more effective gene exchange between bacteria as many pathogenic bacteria are in close association with other microbes and sorbed contaminants, especially metals which ...
A statistically significant difference from the blank value (14 ± 13) to the investigated packaging types could only be shown comparing to the returnable bottles (p < 0.05). Most of the particles in water from returnable plastic bottles were identified as consisting of polyester (primary ...
Microplastics Remote river Water Sediment Fish 1. Introduction Plastic has become a significant symbol of human impact on the ocean (Law et al., 2010, Sharifinia et al., 2020). Microplastics, referred to as plastic with diameters between 1 µm and 5 mm, are present in marine systems wor...