Table of Contents “...-Microplastics in inland small waterbodies -- Microplastics in the sediments: From rivers to lakes investigated in the biggest freshwater lake (Poyang Lake) basin and Yangtze River in China -- Sources of microplastic in the environment -- Interaction of microplastics and organic pollutants: quantification, environmental fates and ecological consequences -- Interaction of microplastics and heavy metals: toxicity, mechanisms and environmental implications -- Microplastics and their effects on soil function as a life-supporting system -- Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems -- Microplastics in soil ecosystem: insight on its fate and impacts on soil quality -- The toxicity of (nano)microplastics on C. elegans and its mechanisms -- Uptake of microplastics and their effects on plants -- Biofilms of microplastics -- Tissue accumulation of microplastics and toxic effects: Widespread health risks of microplastics exposure -- Microplastics in food: health risks -- Microplastics in aquaculture systems and their transfer in the food chain -- Biodegradation of plastics in Tenebrio genus (mealworms) -- Plastics of the future? ...”
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