The plastic in microplastics: A review.

By A. Andrady. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2017

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Subfields: Biomaterials, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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In Biomaterials

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Citations in the corpus

• Atmospheric microplastic deposition in an urban environment and an evaluation of transport (2019, background): “The second most common polymer types found - PE and PP (12% each) - are some of the most commonly produced plastic types and are also widely used as packaging material (Andrady, 2017).”
• Microplastic sources, formation, toxicity and remediation: a review (2023, neutral): “ 2 (Andrady 2017).”
• Contributions of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy in microplastic pollution research: A review (2020, background): “This can be attributed to low temperatures, low oxygen concentrations and reduced transmittance of UV irradiation in water as well as increased biofilm formation (Andrady, 2011, 2017; Bond et al., 2018).”
• Microplastics in Fish and Shellfish – A Threat to Seafood Safety? (2020, background): “Secondary microplastics originate from breakdown of larger products due to weathering of debris on shorelines and in the sea, UVinduced brittleness and subsequent fragmentation of plastics, or from washing of synthetic textiles (Andrady 2017).”
• Understanding How Microplastics Affect Marine Biota on the Cellular Level Is Important for Assessing Ecosystem Function: A Review (2019, background): “Primary microplastics are small particles designed to be used for manufacturing large plastic items, including virgin resin pellets and microbeads (from cosmetics and personal care products) (Andrady 2017).”
• Validation of ATR FT-IR to identify polymers of plastic marine debris, including those ingested by marine organisms (2018, positive): “Several analytical tools have been used to identify the composition of plastic debris (Andrady, 2017).”
• An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling. (2018, background): “salinity) [57,58] or by etermining the effect of the different characteristics of the polyers that constitutes them [52,59].”