Bas Boots
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1.
Green D, Boots B, Tingey T
Mar Pollut Bull
. 2024 Nov;
209(Pt B):117208.
PMID: 39489055
Cigarette butts are amongst the most littered single-use plastics on coasts, yet their impacts on marine ecosystems, especially on a community level, are not well understood. Recently, e-cigarettes have become...
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Wright A, Boots B, Ings T, Green D
Chemosphere
. 2024 Sep;
365:143393.
PMID: 39307466
Plastic plays an important role in agriculture, but its use has become a concerning source of pollution. While new (bio)degradable, alternative plastics are being developed and used as mulching films,...
3.
Boots B, Green D, Wright A, Olah-Kovacs B, Tovey L
Environ Pollut
. 2024 Mar;
348:123888.
PMID: 38548156
Once littered, disposable e-cigarettes present a complex type of waste in the environment. They typically contain a lithium battery, electronics to produce vapour and remnant e-liquid, all of which could...
4.
Wright A, Boots B, Ings T, Green D
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
. 2024 Jan;
31(8):11766-11780.
PMID: 38224439
Plastic is an essential component of agriculture globally, becoming a concerning form of pollution. Biodegradable alternatives are gaining attention as a potential replacement for commonly used, non-degradable plastics, but there...
5.
Boots B, Green D, Olah-Kovacs B, De Falco F, Lupo E
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
. 2023 Jul;
263:115291.
PMID: 37494737
Glitters are primary microplastics which are directly littered into the environment, yet the ecological effects have seldom been tested. When microplastics enter the environment, their physical presence and chemical leachate...
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Green D, Boots B, Olah-Kovacs B, Palma-Diogo D
Sci Total Environ
. 2023 May;
892:164457.
PMID: 37257594
Cigarette butts are one of the most littered single-use plastic items worldwide and can have ecotoxicological effects. e-Cigarettes (or 'vapes') have gained popularity globally as an alternative to tobacco-based cigarettes...
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Green D, Carney Almroth B, Altman R, Bergmann M, Gundogdu S, Warrier A, et al.
Sci Total Environ
. 2023 Jan;
865:161256.
PMID: 36587695
Cigarette filters offer no public health benefits, are single-use plastics (cellulose acetate) and are routinely littered. Filters account for a significant proportion of plastic litter worldwide, requiring considerable public funds...
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Boots B
Emerg Top Life Sci
. 2022 Sep;
6(4):403-409.
PMID: 36063037
There is mounting evidence that plastic and microplastic contamination of soils can affect physico-chemical processes and soil fauna, as has been excellently summarised in many recently published meta-analyses and systematic...
9.
Green D, Tongue A, Boots B
Trends Ecol Evol
. 2021 Oct;
37(2):183-192.
PMID: 34690005
Cigarette butts, one of the most littered items globally, present a unique challenge to ecosystems due to their ubiquity, persistence, and potential for harm. Over 35 studies have examined the...
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Green D, Kregting L, Boots B
Mar Pollut Bull
. 2021 Feb;
165:112152.
PMID: 33601278
Outdoor mesocosms with constantly flowing natural seawater were used to test the effects of littered cigarette butts on the filter feeder Mytilus edulis (blue mussel), the macroalga, Ulva lactuca (sea...