Inland lakes and rivers are large reservoirs of microplastics. But currently, not too much research was done on microplastics of mountain rivers. The protection of water sources from microplastics is extremely significant for the safety of human drinking water. We quantified the distribution and...

Microplastics are contaminants that are closely associated with human activity and are often abundant even in remote areas. As the largest natural freshwater lake in the western USA, Flathead Lake is a suitable site to study microplastics in lakes in less-populated areas of North America. Our...

Microplastics have been reported in environmental media for decades, but gaps in our knowledge about them still remain. We investigated the third biggest freshwater lake in China - Taihu Lake - and the 30 major rivers around it. Microplastics were detected in lake water and sediment, and in river...

The pollution of marine environments from plastic waste is anticipated to increase with current increases in plastic production. Reciprocally, escalating research efforts provide an improved understanding, monitoring, awareness, and mitigation of plastic contamination. Freshwater streams are...

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are considered to be a point source of microplastic (particles <5 mm) for riverine environments. However, data on microplastic effluent concentrations in WWTPs is collected with a broad range of methods, which impede comparisons across data sets. We provide an estimate of the annual emissions of microplastic...

In rivers, small and lightweight microplastics are transported downstream, but they are also found frequently in riverbed sediment, demonstrating long-term retention. To better understand microplastic dynamics in global rivers from headwaters to mainstems, we developed a model that includes...

Microplastic pollution in the Yangtze River Basin has become a major concern; however, the variations in different environmental compartments are unknown. Here, we compiled published information including detection methods, occurrence, and characterization of microplastics from 624 sampling sites...

Microplastic pollution is an emerging issue of increasing concern in the environment. The abundance and distribution of microplastics in surface water and sediment in the Jamuna River and Turag River in Bangladesh have been determined in this study. Surface water and sediment samples were collected ...

The microplastic pollution and its effects on ecosystem in the marine environment has been well studied over the past decade. In contrast, the impact of microplastic pollution in freshwater environments was understudied, e.g., only a few studies examined the amount and distribution of microplastic...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The occurrence of plastic waste pollution in waters has become a major issue globally. One of the waters which tend to be polluted with plastic waste such as bags, food wrappers, and unused fishing nets, is the Krueng Aceh River, which is located in the center of Banda...