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  1. Article ; Online: Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment.

    Fadare, Oluniyi O / Okoffo, Elvis D

    The Science of the total environment

    2020  Volume 737, Page(s) 140279

    MeSH term(s) Betacoronavirus ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections ; Environmental Monitoring ; Humans ; Masks ; Microplastics ; Pandemics ; Plastics ; Pneumonia, Viral ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
    Chemical Substances Microplastics ; Plastics ; Water Pollutants, Chemical
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-16
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 121506-1
    ISSN 1879-1026 ; 0048-9697
    ISSN (online) 1879-1026
    ISSN 0048-9697
    DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140279
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  3. Article ; Online: Microparticles and microplastics contamination in African table salts.

    Fadare, Oluniyi O / Okoffo, Elvis D / Olasehinde, Emmanuel F

    Marine pollution bulletin

    2021  Volume 164, Page(s) 112006

    Abstract: The presence of micro/plastic particles has been reported in various seafood products. However, information on microplastics contamination in salts from African continent is very limited. This study analysed 23 brands of table salts from 8 African ... ...

    Abstract The presence of micro/plastic particles has been reported in various seafood products. However, information on microplastics contamination in salts from African continent is very limited. This study analysed 23 brands of table salts from 8 African countries for microplastics using microscopic/spectroscopic techniques. South Africa showed the highest microplastics concentration (0-1.33 ± 0.32 particles/kg), Nigeria, Cameroun, and Ghana (0-0.33 ± 0.38 particles/kg each); characterized as polyvinyl acetate, polypropylene, and polyethylene. Other countries have no detectable microplastics at 0.3 μm filter pore size. To our best knowledge, this is the first study to characterize micro-fibres/plastics in table salts across African countries, confirming that it is an emission source of micro-fibres/plastics into the human food chain, highlighting the overarching need to understand their effects on human health.
    MeSH term(s) Environmental Monitoring ; Food Contamination/analysis ; Ghana ; Humans ; Microplastics ; Nigeria ; Plastics ; Salts ; Sodium Chloride, Dietary/analysis ; South Africa ; Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
    Chemical Substances Microplastics ; Plastics ; Salts ; Sodium Chloride, Dietary ; Water Pollutants, Chemical
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-01-20
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2001296-2
    ISSN 1879-3363 ; 0025-326X
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    DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112006
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  4. Article ; Online: Covid-19 face masks

    Fadare, Oluniyi O. / Okoffo, Elvis D.

    Science of The Total Environment

    A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment

    2020  Volume 737, Page(s) 140279

    Keywords Environmental Engineering ; Waste Management and Disposal ; Pollution ; Environmental Chemistry ; covid19
    Language English
    Publisher Elsevier BV
    Publishing country us
    Document type Article ; Online
    ZDB-ID 121506-1
    ISSN 1879-1026 ; 0048-9697
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    DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140279
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  5. Article ; Online: Covid-19 face masks

    Fadare, Oluniyi O. / Okoffo, Elvis D.

    a potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment

    2020  

    Keywords Covid-19 ; Face masks: Plastic pollution ; Microfibers ; Microplastics ; Single-use plastics ; 2304 Environmental Chemistry ; 2305 Environmental Engineering ; 2310 Pollution ; 2311 Waste Management and Disposal ; covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-10-01
    Publisher Elsevier
    Publishing country au
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  6. Article ; Online: Microplastics in African ecosystems: Current knowledge, abundance, associated contaminants, techniques, and research needs.

    Alimi, Olubukola S / Fadare, Oluniyi O / Okoffo, Elvis D

    The Science of the total environment

    2020  Volume 755, Issue Pt 1, Page(s) 142422

    Abstract: Despite Africa ranking top in mismanaged plastic waste, there is insufficient data on the extent of microplastics and its interaction with other contaminants in its ecosystems. Microplastics pollution has been documented globally, however, specific data ... ...

    Abstract Despite Africa ranking top in mismanaged plastic waste, there is insufficient data on the extent of microplastics and its interaction with other contaminants in its ecosystems. Microplastics pollution has been documented globally, however, specific data from the continent is crucial for accurate risk assessment and to drive policies. We critically reviewed 56 articles from 1987 to 2020 and provide an overview of the current knowledge of the abundance and distribution of microplastics and associated contaminants in African aquatic systems and organisms. Most of the studies were carried out in the marine environment and there is currently no available data on the abundance of microplastic pollution in the African terrestrial environment. We show that across all studies, 5-100% of all sampled aquatic organisms contained microplastics. Concerning high levels of microplastics were reported in fish from Egypt compared to other parts of Africa and the world. Across all persistent organic pollutants sampled in microplastics, hopanes and phthalates were present at high concentrations while sodium and zinc were high relative to other trace metals reported. The most frequently occurring plastics were polyethylene followed by polypropylene and polystyrene. We found that most of the studies relied on visual inspection (52%) > FTIR (38%) > Raman spectroscopy (5%) > Scanning electron microscopy (3%) > Differential scanning calorimetry (2%) for identifying microplastics. Major gaps in sampling and identification techniques which may have overestimated or underestimated the current levels were identified. We discuss other research priorities and recommend solutions to address these issues associated with microplastic pollution in Africa.
    MeSH term(s) Africa ; Animals ; Ecosystem ; Egypt ; Environmental Monitoring ; Microplastics ; Plastics ; Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis
    Chemical Substances Microplastics ; Plastics ; Water Pollutants, Chemical
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-09-21
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 121506-1
    ISSN 1879-1026 ; 0048-9697
    ISSN (online) 1879-1026
    ISSN 0048-9697
    DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142422
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  7. Article: Microparticles and microplastics contamination in African table salts

    Fadare, Oluniyi O / Okoffo, Elvis D / Olasehinde, Emmanuel F

    Marine pollution bulletin. 2021 Mar., v. 164

    2021  

    Abstract: The presence of micro/plastic particles has been reported in various seafood products. However, information on microplastics contamination in salts from African continent is very limited. This study analysed 23 brands of table salts from 8 African ... ...

    Abstract The presence of micro/plastic particles has been reported in various seafood products. However, information on microplastics contamination in salts from African continent is very limited. This study analysed 23 brands of table salts from 8 African countries for microplastics using microscopic/spectroscopic techniques. South Africa showed the highest microplastics concentration (0–1.33 ± 0.32 particles/kg), Nigeria, Cameroun, and Ghana (0–0.33 ± 0.38 particles/kg each); characterized as polyvinyl acetate, polypropylene, and polyethylene. Other countries have no detectable microplastics at 0.3 μm filter pore size. To our best knowledge, this is the first study to characterize micro-fibres/plastics in table salts across African countries, confirming that it is an emission source of micro-fibres/plastics into the human food chain, highlighting the overarching need to understand their effects on human health.
    Keywords human food chain ; human health ; marine pollution ; microplastics ; polyethylene ; polypropylenes ; polyvinyl acetate ; porosity ; seafoods ; spectroscopy ; Ghana ; Nigeria ; South Africa
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-03
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
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    ZDB-ID 2001296-2
    ISSN 1879-3363 ; 0025-326X
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  8. Article: Spatiotemporal variations in marine litter along the Gulf of Guinea coastline, Araromi seaside, Nigeria

    Fadare, Oluniyi O. / Akinbile, Adewale A. / Makinde, Oladotun Wasiu / Ogundele, K.T. / Ajagbe, Eyitayo F. / Ilechukwu, Ifenna

    Marine pollution bulletin. 2022 Oct., v. 183

    2022  

    Abstract: This study assessed the seasonal variation in the magnitude of marine litter along the Gulf of Guinea coastline, Araromi seaside, Nigeria with a survey of twenty sampling sites. The total number of litter items collected was 29,029 comprising 7358 and 21, ...

    Abstract This study assessed the seasonal variation in the magnitude of marine litter along the Gulf of Guinea coastline, Araromi seaside, Nigeria with a survey of twenty sampling sites. The total number of litter items collected was 29,029 comprising 7358 and 21,671 items in the dry and rainy season respectively. The average number of items per square meter was higher in the rainy season (1.80 ± 0.35) than in the dry season (0.61 ± 0.19). Plastic materials dominated the litter composition with 86 % and 91.8 % in the dry and rainy season respectively. The beach cleanliness assessed as clean coast index (CCI) depicted the beach as dirty (12.26 ± 3.74) during the dry season and extremely dirty (36.13 ± 6.91) in the rainy season. The hazardous item index (HII) also showed the coastline was littered with hazardous items. These results provide baseline data for marine litter management along the Gulf of Guinea coastlines and other coastlines in Africa.
    Keywords coasts ; dry season ; marine debris ; marine pollution ; seasonal variation ; surveys ; wet season ; Gulf of Guinea ; Nigeria
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-10
    Publishing place Elsevier Ltd
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2001296-2
    ISSN 1879-3363 ; 0025-326X
    ISSN (online) 1879-3363
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    DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114048
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  9. Article ; Online: Eco-Corona vs Protein Corona: Effects of Humic Substances on Corona Formation and Nanoplastic Particle Toxicity in

    Fadare, Oluniyi O / Wan, Bin / Liu, Keyang / Yang, Yu / Zhao, Lixia / Guo, Liang-Hong

    Environmental science & technology

    2020  Volume 54, Issue 13, Page(s) 8001–8009

    Abstract: Despite many studies on the toxicity of nanoplastic particles (NPPs) to aquatic invertebrates, the effects of ecological constituents such as humic substances (HSs) are often neglected. In our study, ...

    Abstract Despite many studies on the toxicity of nanoplastic particles (NPPs) to aquatic invertebrates, the effects of ecological constituents such as humic substances (HSs) are often neglected. In our study,
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Daphnia ; Humic Substances ; Microplastics/toxicity ; Protein Corona
    Chemical Substances Humic Substances ; Microplastics ; Protein Corona
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1520-5851
    ISSN (online) 1520-5851
    DOI 10.1021/acs.est.0c00615
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  10. Article ; Online: Microplastics from consumer plastic food containers: Are we consuming it?

    Fadare, Oluniyi O / Wan, Bin / Guo, Liang-Hong / Zhao, Lixia

    Chemosphere

    2020  Volume 253, Page(s) 126787

    Abstract: Microplastic (MP) accumulation in the environment has become an issue of human and environmental importance. Great efforts were made recently to identify the sources of MP exposure to humans and their release into the environment. Here, we employed ... ...

    Abstract Microplastic (MP) accumulation in the environment has become an issue of human and environmental importance. Great efforts were made recently to identify the sources of MP exposure to humans and their release into the environment. Here, we employed spectroscopic techniques to identify and characterize MP in consumer plastic food containers that are, in huge quantity, used for food delivery and disposable plastic cups for daily drinking. We determined the average weight of isolated MP per pack to be 12 ± 5.12 mg, 38 ± 5.29 mg, and 3 ± 1.13 mg for the round-shaped, rectangular-shaped plastic container and disposable plastic cups, respectively, with various morphological features including cubic, spherical, rod-like as well as irregular shapes, which may either be consumed by humans or released into the environment. This study demonstrates that new plastic containers can be an important source of direct human and environmental exposure to microplastics. Most importantly, our results indicated that necessary attention must be given to morphological features of realistic MPs when evaluating their risks to humans and the environment.
    MeSH term(s) Dietary Exposure/statistics & numerical data ; Environmental Exposure ; Environmental Monitoring ; Food Contamination/statistics & numerical data ; Food Packaging ; Humans ; Microplastics/analysis ; Plastics/chemistry
    Chemical Substances Microplastics ; Plastics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-04-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 120089-6
    ISSN 1879-1298 ; 0045-6535 ; 0366-7111
    ISSN (online) 1879-1298
    ISSN 0045-6535 ; 0366-7111
    DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126787
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