Rockl\u00f6v J, Dunlop S, Chiles TC, Fuller L, Geyer R, Johnson MM, Karasik R, Muncke J, Raps H, Rauert C, Rhodes MG, Spring M, Stegeman J, Symeonides C, Thomas KV, Treskova M, Velis CA, Wagner M, Landrigan PJ (2026) Plastics, plastic chemicals, and microplastics: multiple harms to health. The Lancet<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n Utami DA, Reuning L, Schwark L, Nelson RK, James BD, Swarthout RF, Buhler D, Zanardi-Lamardo E, Reddy CM (2026) Plastitar and pyroplastics as emerging vectors of coastal pollution: Chemical identification from Panjang Island (Java Sea) and Palm Beach, Florida. Marine Pollution Bulletin<\/i> 228:<\/b> 119603<\/a>.<\/p>\nBryan D. James, Luis E. A. Bezerra, Diane Buhler, Rivelino M. Cavalcante, Martha L. Aguilera, Bing Chen, Jonas Gros, Ulrich M. Hanke, Karin L. Lemkau, Robert K. Nelson, Sydney F. Niles, Andr\u00e9 H. B. de Oliveira, Thomas D. Pitchford, Jago\u0161 R. Radovi\u0107, Ryan P. Rodgers, Marcelo O. Soares, Scott A. Socolofsky, Roger E. Summons, Robert F. Swarthout, Carlos E. P. Teixeira, David L. Valentine, Helen K. White, Min Yang, Eliete Zanardi-Lamardo, Baiyu Zhang, and Christopher M. Reddy (2026) Long-Range Transport of Oil by Marine Plastic Debris: Evidence from an 8500 km Journey.\n<\/cite>Environmental Science & Technology <\/cite>60:<\/strong> 2649\u22122661<\/a>.\n Larry J. Pratt, Irina I. Rypina; (2025) A theory for attractors of microplastic particles in the resonant structures of a 3D eddy. Chaos<\/em> 1 December 2025; 35 (12): 123124<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sun Y, James BD, Houston KR, Edwards B, Izallalen M, Mazumder S, Shankar R, Reddy CM, Ward CP (2025) Temperature Controls the Lifetimes and Microbial Communities Degrading Cellulose Diacetate in the Coastal Ocean. Environmental Science & Technology<\/i> 59:<\/b> 19468-19478<\/a>.<\/p>\n James BD, Reddy CM (2025) Container Overboard in the Port of New Orleans, LA, USA. Chapter 21 In Coastal and Marine Pollution (eds M. Vithanage, S.M. Samarasekara, B.D. James and C.M. Reddy). pp. 403-424<\/a>.<\/p>\n Landrigan PJ, Dunlop S, Treskova M, Raps H, Symeonides C, Muncke J, Spring M, Stegeman J, Almroth BC, Chiles TC, Cropper M, Deeney M, Fuller L, Geyer R, Karasik R, Mafira T, Mangwiro A, Matias DM, Mulders Y, Park Y, Velis CA, Vermeulen R, Wagner M, Wang Z, Whitman EM, Woodruff TJ, Rockl\u00f6v J (2025) The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics. Lancet <\/i>406:<\/strong> 1044-1062<\/a>.<\/p>\n James BD, Sun Y, Pate K, Irving B, Ward CP (2025) Strategies for Designing Circular, Sustainable, and Nonpersistent Consumer Plastic Products: A Case Study of Drinking Straws. Environmental Science & Technology<\/i> 59:<\/b> 18177-18189<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ward CP, Reddy CM, James BD (2025) Initial estimates of the lifetime of unsmoked cellulose diacetate and paper cigarette filters in the coastal ocean. Environmental Science: Advances<\/i>\u00a04:<\/strong>\u00a01014-1023<\/a>.<\/p>\n Walsh AN, Dunlea AG, Reddy CM, Ward CP (2025) Characterization of Inorganic Additives in and Photochemically Liberated from Consumer Plastics: Implications for Global and Local Biogeochemical Cycles. ACS Environmental Au<\/i><\/a>. 5, 3, 298-307.<\/p>\n James BD, Medvedev AV, Medvedeva LA, Martsen E, Gorman KL, Lin B, Makarov SS, Aluwihare LI, Vos Ad, Reddy CM, Hahn ME (2025) Burnt plastic (pyroplastic) from the M\/V X-Press Pearl ship fire and plastic spill contain compounds that activate endocrine and metabolism-related human and fish transcription factors. Environment and Health (ACS) 3:<\/strong> 91-101<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n Pitt JA, Gallager SM, Youngs S, Michel APM, Hahn ME, Aluru N (2024) The abundance and localization of environmental microplastics in gastrointestinal tract and muscle of Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus<\/em>): A pilot study. 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ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering <\/i>12:<\/strong> 2404-2411<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ward CP, Reddy CM, Edwards B, Perri ST (2024) To curb plastic pollution, industry and academia must unite. Nature<\/i> 625:<\/b> 658-662<\/a>.<\/p>\n Rypina II, Pratt LJ, Dotzel M (2024) Aggregation of slightly buoyant microplastics in 3D vortex flows. Nonlin Processes Geophys<\/i> 31:<\/b> 25-44<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pitt JA, Hahn ME, Aluru N (2024) Implications of Exposure Route for the Bioaccumulation Potential of Nanopolystyrene Particles.\u00a0Chemosphere <\/em>351:<\/strong> 141133<\/a>.<\/p>\n James BD, Ward CP, Hahn ME, Thorpe SJ, Reddy CM (2024) Minimizing the environmental impacts of plastic pollution through eco-design of products with low environmental persistence. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering <\/em>12:<\/strong> 1185-1194<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pitt JA, Aluru N, Hahn ME (2024) Microplastics in Marine Food Webs. In: Shumway SE, Ward E, editors. Plastics in the Sea: Occurrence and Impacts. 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