Among marine species, filter-feeding bivalve mollusks like oysters, mussels, and scallops play an essential role as bioindicators of water quality and ocean health. Yet, marine mollusks are also the most consumed raw seafood, meaning that any toxins or pollutants that accumulate within their bodies...
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 ...
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Microplastics, as emerging pollutants, have received great attention in the past few decades due to its adverse effects on the environment. Microplastics are ubiquitous in the atmosphere, soil, and water bodies, and mostly reported in aqueous environment. This paper summarizes the abundance and types...
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]] ...
Saltmarshes are important natural ecosystems along many temperate (and other) coastlines. They stabilize sediments and act as biofilters for a range of industrial pollutants and, potentially, microplastics. Accumulation of microplastics along estuarine c
Marine debris, which is often called microplastics, is widespread in marine environments, particularly in sediments, and is recognized as an environmental hazard because it concentrates contaminants, forms biofilms, and sinks into marine sediments. In sediments, it may be ingested by benthos and have...
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...
which holds 97% of the earth’s water. The remaining 3% is present as water in ponds, streams, glaciers, ice caps, and as water vapor in the atmosphere. Microplastics can accumulate harmful pollutants from the surroundings thereby acting as transport vectors; and simultaneously can leach out ch...