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Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Toxicity and Human Health Review: Current State of Knowledge and Strategies for Informing Future Research by Fenton, Suzanne E., Ducatman, Alan, Boobis, Alan, DeWitt, Jamie C., Lau, Christopher, Ng, Carla, Smith, James S., Roberts, Stephen M.

“…Reports of environmental and human health impacts of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have greatly increased in the peer‐reviewed literature. The…”
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Rethinking microplastics as a diverse contaminant suite by Rochman, Chelsea M., Brookson, Cole, Bikker, Jacqueline, Djuric, Natasha, Earn, Arielle, Bucci, Kennedy, Athey, Samantha, Huntington, Aimee, McIlwraith, Hayley, Munno, Keenan, De Frond, Hannah, Kolomijeca, Anna, Erdle, Lisa, Grbic, Jelena, Bayoumi, Malak, Borrelle, Stephanie B., Wu, Tina, Santoro, Samantha, Werbowski, Larissa M., Zhu, Xia, Giles, Rachel K., Hamilton, Bonnie M., Thaysen, Clara, Kaura, Ashima, Klasios, Natasha, Ead, Lauren, Kim, Joel, Sherlock, Cassandra, Ho, Annissa, Hung, Charlotte

“…Microplastics are not microplastics are not microplastics, just like pesticides are not pesticides are not pesticides. “Microplastics,” like other classes of…”
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PFAS Exposure Pathways for Humans and Wildlife: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge and Key Gaps in Understanding by De Silva, Amila O., Armitage, James M., Bruton, Thomas A., Dassuncao, Clifton, Heiger‐Bernays, Wendy, Hu, Xindi C., Kärrman, Anna, Kelly, Barry, Ng, Carla, Robuck, Anna, Sun, Mei, Webster, Thomas F., Sunderland, Elsie M.

“…We synthesize current understanding of the magnitudes and methods for assessing human and wildlife exposures to poly‐ and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)…”
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Microplastics in the aquatic environment: Evidence for or against adverse impacts and major knowledge gaps by Burns, Emily E, Boxall, Alistair B A

“…There is increasing scientific and public concern over the presence of microplastics in the natural environment. We present the results of a systematic review…”
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Nanomaterials in the environment: Behavior, fate, bioavailability, and effects—An updated review by Lead, Jamie R., Batley, Graeme E., Alvarez, Pedro J. J., Croteau, Marie‐Noële, Handy, Richard D., McLaughlin, Michael J., Judy, Jonathan D., Schirmer, Kristin

“…The present review covers developments in studies of nanomaterials (NMs) in the environment since our much cited review in 2008. We discuss novel insights into…”
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Assessing the Ecological Risks of Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Current State‐of‐the Science and a Proposed Path Forward by Ankley, Gerald T., Cureton, Philippa, Hoke, Robert A., Houde, Magali, Kumar, Anupama, Kurias, Jessy, Lanno, Roman, McCarthy, Chris, Newsted, John, Salice, Christopher J., Sample, Bradley E., Sepúlveda, Maria S., Steevens, Jeffery, Valsecchi, Sara

“…Per‐ and poly‐fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) encompass a large, heterogenous group of chemicals of potential concern to human health and the environment. Based…”
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Microplastic Addition Alters the Microbial Community Structure and Stimulates Soil Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Vegetable‐Growing Soil by Gao, Bo, Yao, Huaiying, Li, Yaying, Zhu, Yizu

“…Microplastic pollution has become an increasingly pervasive issue worldwide, but little is known about its effects on the soil environment. A soil microcosm…”
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Pharmaceuticals in the environment—Global occurrences and perspectives by aus der Beek, Tim, Weber, Frank-Andreas, Bergmann, Axel, Hickmann, Silke, Ebert, Ina, Hein, Arne, Küster, Anette

“…Pharmaceuticals are known to occur widely in the environment of industrialized countries. In developing countries, more monitoring results have recently become…”
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Are We Underestimating Anthropogenic Microfiber Pollution? A Critical Review of Occurrence, Methods, and Reporting by Athey, Samantha N., Erdle, Lisa M.

“…Anthropogenic microfibers, a ubiquitous environmental contaminant, can be categorized as synthetic, semisynthetic, or natural according to material of origin…”
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Size‐ and shape‐dependent effects of microplastic particles on adult daggerblade grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) by Gray, Austin D., Weinstein, John E.

“…The incidence of microplastics in marine environments has been increasing over the past several decades. The objective of the present study was to characterize…”
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Transfer of benzo[a]pyrene from microplastics to Artemia nauplii and further to zebrafish via a trophic food web experiment: CYP1A induction and visual tracking of persistent organic pollutants by Batel, Annika, Linti, Frederic, Scherer, Martina, Erdinger, Lothar, Braunbeck, Thomas

“…The uptake of microplastic particles and the transfer of potential harmful substances along with microplastics has been studied in a variety of organisms,…”
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Responses of Hyalella azteca to acute and chronic microplastic exposures by Au, Sarah Y., Bruce, Terri F., Bridges, William C., Klaine, Stephen J.

“…Limited information is available on the presence of microplastics in freshwater systems, and even less is known about the toxicological implications of the…”
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The ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase: A Curated Database of Ecologically Relevant Toxicity Tests to Support Environmental Research and Risk Assessment by Olker, Jennifer H., Elonen, Colleen M., Pilli, Anne, Anderson, Arne, Kinziger, Brian, Erickson, Stephen, Skopinski, Michael, Pomplun, Anita, LaLone, Carlie A., Russom, Christine L., Hoff, Dale

“…The need for assembled existing and new toxicity data has accelerated as the amount of chemicals introduced into commerce continues to grow and regulatory…”
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From macroplastic to microplastic: Degradation of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene in a salt marsh habitat by Weinstein, John E., Crocker, Brittany K., Gray, Austin D.

“…As part of the degradation process, it is believed that most plastic debris becomes brittle over time, fragmenting into progressively smaller particles. The…”
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Microplastics as vectors for bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic chemicals in the marine environment: A state-of-the-science review by Ziccardi, Linda M., Edgington, Aaron, Hentz, Karyn, Kulacki, Konrad J., Kane Driscoll, Susan

“…A state‐of‐the‐science review was conducted to examine the potential for microplastics to sorb hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs) from the marine…”
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Species sensitivity distributions for use in environmental protection, assessment, and management of aquatic ecosystems for 12 386 chemicals by Posthuma, Leo, van Gils, Jos, Zijp, Michiel C., van de Meent, Dik, de Zwart, Dick

“…The present study considers the collection and use of ecotoxicity data for risk assessment with species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) of chemical pollution…”
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Are harmful algal blooms becoming the greatest inland water quality threat to public health and aquatic ecosystems? by Brooks, Bryan W., Lazorchak, James M., Howard, Meredith D.A., Johnson, Mari-Vaughn V., Morton, Steve L., Perkins, Dawn A.K., Reavie, Euan D., Scott, Geoffrey I., Smith, Stephanie A., Steevens, Jeffery A.

“…In this Focus article, the authors ask a seemingly simple question: Are harmful algal blooms (HABs) becoming the greatest inland water quality threat to public…”
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Impacts of temperature and selected chemical digestion methods on microplastic particles by Munno, Keenan, Helm, Paul A., Jackson, Donald A., Rochman, Chelsea, Sims, Alina

“…Alkaline and wet peroxide oxidation chemical digestion techniques used to extract microplastics from organic matrices were assessed for recoveries and for…”
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Recent US State and Federal Drinking Water Guidelines for Per‐ and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances by Post, Gloria B.

“…Per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of synthetic chemicals produced for over 70 years, are of increasing concern because of their widespread…”
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Fate and effects of poly‐ and perfluoroalkyl substances in the aquatic environment: A review by Ahrens, Lutz, Bundschuh, Mirco

“…Polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) are distributed ubiquitously in the aquatic environment, which raises concern for the flora and fauna in…”
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