Environmental science & technology
Dec 30, 2025
Microplastics are pervasive environmental pollutants, making human exposure unavoidable. Although previous studies have detected microplastics in human blood and feces, these investigations were limited by small sample sizes and key contributors to m...
The Science of the total environment
Dec 22, 2025
Airborne micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are now recognized as persistent components of the atmospheric exposome. While their presence is established, their toxicological role remains incompletely understood. In this perspective, we propose the MNP Ex...
Archives of microbiology
Dec 3, 2025
Microplastics transport toxins, disrupt microbial and nutrient cycles, bioaccumulate to cause oxidative stress and endocrine disruption, jeopardizing ecosystems and human health. Despite understanding microplastic origins, distribution, and microbial...
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
Nov 20, 2025
Nanoplastics are emerging environmental contaminants that increasingly threaten soil ecosystems, yet their effects on microbial behavior remain poorly understood. This is mainly due to the lack of experimental tools capable of directly observing micr...
The Science of the total environment
Nov 19, 2025
Emerging contaminants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), nanoplastics, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), pose significant threats to water quality due to their persistence, toxicity, and resistance to conventional treatme...
Environmental science & technology
Nov 8, 2025
Microplastics (MPs) in soil can paradoxically stimulate microbial biomass in a highly context-dependent manner, potentially inducing decomposition and affecting carbon and nitrogen cycles. We conducted a global meta-analysis with 90 studies (710 obse...
Water research
Oct 22, 2025
The settling velocity of microplastics (MPs) is a critical parameter for understanding their migration and behavior in aquatic environments. Conventional methods typically focus on tracking individual MPs and often face significant challenges in capt...
Analytical chemistry
Aug 1, 2025
In this study, we investigate the efficacy of optical photothermal infrared (O-PTIR) spectroscopy, also known as mid-infrared photothermal (MIP) microscopy, for label-free and nondestructive detection of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) down to diamete...
Journal of hazardous materials
Jul 25, 2025
Micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) pose a growing threat to freshwater microalgae, leading to water quality and biodiversity. Traditional experiments often encounter difficulties in terms of cost, time, and capturing complex interactions when exploring ...
Journal of hazardous materials
Jul 24, 2025
Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are emerging pollutants that accumulate in ecosystems, food chains, and the human body, raising concerns about human health risks. However, understanding their toxicity remains challenging due to limited experimental da...