Microplastic pollution in aquatic environments with special emphasis on riverine systems: Current understanding and way forward

Vaid, Mansi; Sarma, Kiranmay; Gupta, Anil

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112860

Cited by 45 publications

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“…According to estimates by Chowdhury, et al, approximately 150,000 to 390,000 tons of plastic debris may end up in the global ocean within a year ( Chowdhury et al, 2021 ). The overuse of plastic products to prevent the spread of infection adds to the plastic load in the environment ( Shams et al, 2021 ; Vaid et al, 2021 ; Wang et al, 2022a ). Furthermore, the widespread use and improper disposal of personal protective equipment (PPE) may change the primary source of marine litter pollution.…”

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confidence: 99%

Does marine environmental research meet the challenges of marine pollution induced by the COVID-19 pandemic? Comparison analysis before and during the pandemic based on bibliometrics

Wang

Zhang²,

Li³

et al. 2022

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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Section: Results and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Does marine environmental research meet the challenges of marine pollution induced by the COVID-19 pandemic? Comparison analysis before and during the pandemic based on bibliometrics

Wang

Zhang²,

Li³

et al. 2022

Marine Pollution Bulletin

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“…The presence of these small particles in the environment can alter the regular functioning of ecosystems, altering various life forms. These impacts are widely attributed to the leaching and adsorption of toxic pollutants from plastic contaminants [ 25 ]. With the tremendous concern of microplastics, it is still puzzling to ascertain if NPs are an extension of the microplastic problem, bearing in mind that the smaller particle sizes may outrightly trigger different interactions modes with the biota and may likely affect their fate and transport pathways.…”

Section: The Paradigm Shifts From Microplastics To Nanoplasticsmentioning

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Panacea for the nanoplastic surge in Africa: A state-of-the-art review

Okeke

Ejeromedoghene²,

Addey³

et al. 2022

Heliyon

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“…Indeed, we know that ocean pollution is a complex phenomenon, involving a wide range of factors, including chemical and biological compounds, such as pesticides, petroleum derivatives, plastics, microplastics, wastewater, HMs, and antibiotics ( Imran et al., 2019 ; Landrigan et al., 2020 ; Vaid et al., 2021 ; Zheng et al., 2021 ). However, in this review we will focus on the last two contaminants (HMs and antibiotics) mentioned above and how they may affect the environment of bivalve-producing areas, the microbial components of bivalves, emphasizing Vibrio spp., and as a result, the potential risk to human health from pathogenic species.…”

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The High Risk of Bivalve Farming in Coastal Areas With Heavy Metal Pollution and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: A Chilean Perspective

Pavón

Riquelme

Jaña

et al. 2022

Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol.

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Anthropogenic pollution has a huge impact on the water quality of marine ecosystems. Heavy metals and antibiotics are anthropogenic stressors that have a major effect on the health of the marine organisms. Although heavy metals are also associate with volcanic eruptions, wind erosion or evaporation, most of them come from industrial and urban waste. Such contamination, coupled to the use and subsequent misuse of antimicrobials in aquatic environments, is an important stress factor capable of affecting the marine communities in the ecosystem. Bivalves are important ecological components of the oceanic environments and can bioaccumulate pollutants during their feeding through water filtration, acting as environmental sentinels. However, heavy metals and antibiotics pollution can affect several of their physiologic and immunological processes, including their microbiome. In fact, heavy metals and antibiotics have the potential to select resistance genes in bacteria, including those that are part of the microbiota of bivalves, such as Vibrio spp. Worryingly, antibiotic-resistant phenotypes have been shown to be more tolerant to heavy metals, and vice versa, which probably occurs through co- and cross-resistance pathways. In this regard, a crucial role of heavy metal resistance genes in the spread of mobile element-mediated antibiotic resistance has been suggested. Thus, it might be expected that antibiotic resistance of Vibrio spp. associated with bivalves would be higher in contaminated environments. In this review, we focused on co-occurrence of heavy metal and antibiotic resistance in Vibrio spp. In addition, we explore the Chilean situation with respect to the contaminants described above, focusing on the main bivalves-producing region for human consumption, considering bivalves as potential vehicles of antibiotic resistance genes to humans through the ingestion of contaminated seafood.

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Microplastic pollution in aquatic environments with special emphasis on riverine systems: Current understanding and way forward

Cited by 45 publications

References 129 publications

Does marine environmental research meet the challenges of marine pollution induced by the COVID-19 pandemic? Comparison analysis before and during the pandemic based on bibliometrics

Does marine environmental research meet the challenges of marine pollution induced by the COVID-19 pandemic? Comparison analysis before and during the pandemic based on bibliometrics

Panacea for the nanoplastic surge in Africa: A state-of-the-art review

The High Risk of Bivalve Farming in Coastal Areas With Heavy Metal Pollution and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria: A Chilean Perspective

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