Tag: microplastics

A new review in Pediatric Research synthesizes evidence that micro- and nanoplastics cross the placenta and accumulate during early childhood, ...

A comprehensive review in Ecotoxicology synthesizes how microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in crustaceans and drive damage from oxidative stress and ...

A comprehensive review shows how machine learning, computer vision, and physics-informed neural networks are transforming microplastic detection, source tracking, and ...

A new study of Nile tilapia in Kerala's Veli-Akkulam lake finds widespread microplastic contamination and manganese and chromium levels above ...

Spanish researchers have validated a new analytical protocol that reliably extracts and identifies microplastics as small as 50 micrometres in ...

A feasibility study on Italy's Po Delta combined bridge cameras, drones, satellites, ship sampling and hydrodynamic modelling to track plastic ...

A new Nigerian study shows that polypropylene microplastics and lead contamination interact synergistically to acidify soil, deplete nutrients, and severely ...

Researchers at the University of Florence have optimized a fast, low-cost sample preparation protocol that combines Fenton oxidation with cyclohexane ...

A new review synthesizes how micro- and nanoplastics enter plants and may pass to animals, while cautioning that evidence of ...

Korean researchers have developed a recyclable thermoplastic-basalt composite buoy that could replace polluting styrofoam floats in oyster farming and cut ...