Plastic pollution poses a significant and pervasive threat to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems globally. This review provides an integrated assessment of Micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs) by linking their sources, pathways, occurrence, and environmental impacts across interconnected aquatic systems. The synthesis reveals that MNPs distribution is driven by multiple pathways, including wastewater discharges, surface runoff, and...

This study aimed to compare the performance of polyethylene glycol (PEG) precipitation, and Nanotrap ® Microbiome magnetic particle capture workflows for recovering novel fecal marker, pBI143 from 12 wastewater samples collected across six treatment plants in Maryland, USA. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to quantify marker abundance. The Nanotrap workflow yielded significantly higher concentration of pBI143 compared to PEG p...