The constant entry of microplastics in several environmental matrices has been of great concern to the scientific community and to society in general, mainly due to the mysteries that surround the implications of this ...

Since its discovery, plastic is increasingly inserted in people's daily lives in different aspects, presenting different sizes and colors of the most diverse. Authors define that microplastics are particles smaller than 5 ...

Plastics have become strong environmental stressors of coastal marine ecosystems. Their introduction into the marine ecosystem is subjected to different mechanisms, including the inadequate disposal of solid waste and ...

In this research, the presence of microplastics was detected through a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analysis of three wastewater treatment plants. One of these plants applied only a preliminary treatment stage ...

The aim of this study was to determine the amount, composition and origin of plastic debris in one of the world largest river, the Paraná River in Argentina (South America), focusing on the impact of urban rivers, relationships ...

Microplastics are small fragments of polymers. Due to their size (0.1 μm to 5 mm), they may pollute various natural resources, such as air, soil, and water bodies. There are few studies focusing on the relation between ...

Los plásticos han sido introducidos en nuestro día a día por medio de múltiples industrias, contribuyendo significativamente en los problemas de contaminación mundial que padecemos en la actualidad. Los microplásticos ...

El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo establecer los patrones de distribución de microplásticos y zooplancton en el estuario interno del Golfo de Guayaquil. Se encontraron 187 partículas de microplásticos, que representaron ...

Uma das maiores ameaças ambientais atualmente é o microplástico, que é composto por materiais de difícil degradação, e pode permanecer no ambiente por até milhares de anos. Sua presença, já foi registrada em vários ...