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5b00449
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technical and environmental review. Chem Rev 112:2082–2099. https://doi.org/10.1021/
cr200162d
Chin LW, Fung TH (2019) Plastics in marine litter. Plast Environ, Royal Soc Chem:1–39. https://
doi.org/10.1039/9781788013314-00021
Costa MF, Barletta M (2015) Microplastics in coastal and marine environments of the western
tropical and subtropical Atlantic Ocean. Environ Sci: Processes Impacts 17:1868–1879. https://
doi.org/10.1039/C5EM00158G
Ding J, Li J, Sun C, Jiang F, Ju P, Qu L, Zheng Y, He C (2019) Detection of microplastics in local
marine organism using a multi-technology system. Anal Method 11:78–87. https://doi.org/10.
1039/C8AY01974F
Hidalgo-Ruz V, Gutow L, Thompson RC, Thiel M (2012) Microplastics in the marine environment:
a review of the methods used for identification and quantification. Environ Sci Technol
46:3060–3075. https://doi.org/10.1021/es2031505
Hsu E, Barmak K, West AC, Park AHA (2019) Advancement in the treatment and processing of
electronic waste with sustainability: a review of metal extraction and recovery technologies.
Green Chem 21:919–936. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8GC03688H
Jain B, Singh AK, Susan Md ABH (2019) Bottled and packaged water, 1st edn, pp 562–601. https://
www.elsevier.com/books/bottled-and-packaged-water/grumezescu/978-0-12-815272-0
Jamieson AJ, Brooks LSR, Reid WDK, Piertney SB, Narayanaswamy BE, Linley TD (2019)
Microplastics and synthetic particles ingested by deep sea amphipods in six of the deepest
marine ecosystem on earth. Royal Soc 6. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180667
Koelmans AA, Besseling E, Shim WJ (2015) Nanoplastics in the aquatic environment. Critical
review. Mar Anthropol Lit:325–340. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16510-3_12
Kontrick AV (2018) Microplastics and human health: our great future to think about now. J Med
Toxicol 14(2):117–119. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13181-018-0661-9
Li J, Zeng X, Chen M, Ogunseitan OA, Stevels A (2015) ‘Control alt delete’ rebooting solution for
the e-waste problem. Environ Sci Technol 49:7095–7108. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.
5b00449
Lonnstedt OM, Eklov P (2016) Environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastics particles
influence larval fish ecology. Science 352:1213–1216. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aad8828
Millet H, Vangheuwe P, Block C, Sevenster A, Garcia L, Antonopoulos R (2018) The nature of
plastics and their societal usage. Plast Environ:1–20. https://doi.org/10.1039/9781788013314
Oslon E (1999) Bottled water, pure drink or pure hype? Natural Resources Defense Council,
New York. http://www.nrdc.org/water/drinking/bw/bwinx.asp
Parrales AR, Sibaja TO, Redondo-Gomez C, Vega-Baudrit J (2018) Biological degradation of
plastics: polyethylene biodegradation by aspergillius and Streptomyces species-a review. Integr
Sustain Environ Remed 3:69–79. https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2018-1302.ch003
Peters CA, Bratton SP (2016) Urbanization is a major influence on microplastic ingestion by sunfish
in the Brazos River Basin, Central Texas, USA. Environ Pollut 210:380–387. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.envpol.2016.01.018
Pico Y, Barcelo D (2019) Analysis and prevention of microplastics pollution in water: current
perspectives and future directions. ACS Omega 4:6709–6719. https://doi.org/10.1021/
acsomega.9b00222
Pinheiro C, Oliveira U, Vieira NR (2017) Occurrence and impact of microplstics in freshwater fish.
J Aquac Mar Biol 5. https://doi.org/10.15406/jamb.2017.05.00138
Raj SD (2005) Bottled water how safe is it? Water Environ Res 77:3013–3018. https://doi.org/10.
2175/106143005X73893
Rochman CM (2013) Plastics and priority pollutants: a multiple stressor in aquatic habitats. Environ
Sci Technol 47:2439–2440. https://doi.org/10.1021/es400748b
Smith M, Love DC, Rochman CM, Neff RA (2018) Microplastics in seafood and the implication for
human health. Curr Environ Health Rep 5:375–386. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40572-018-0206-z
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