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Albert Koelmans

Wageningen University

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

12

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940

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Scholarly Papers (12)

1.

Towards Regulatory Readiness: Evaluating Frameworks for Microplastic Health Risk Assessment

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Dec 2025 Last Revised: 19 May 2026
Wageningen University, Wageningen University, Institute of Occupational Medicine, California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) - Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Wageningen University, Utrecht University - Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Wageningen University and Utrecht University
Downloads 192 (395,523)

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Microplastics, Nanoplastics, Human Health Risk Assessment, Regulatory Readiness, Exposure Assessment, Hazard Assessment, Toxicologically Relevant Metrics, Weight Of Evidence, Risk Characterization

2.

How Many Microplastics Do You Need to (Sub)Sample?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Oct 2023
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Syracuse University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Institute of Technology Raipur and Wageningen University
Downloads 130 (558,171)

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Microplastics, detection limits, uncertainty, error, statistics

Microplastics Versus Natural Mineral Particles. How to Create and Test Them While Maintaining Environmental Relevance

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Mar 2024
Vera N. de Ruijter, Xinyi Xie and Albert Koelmans
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Wageningen University
Downloads 87 (767,205)

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microplastics, standard testing material, effect mechanism, food dilution, food quality

Microplastics Versus Natural Mineral Particles. How to Create and Test Them While Maintaining Environmental Relevance

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Jul 2024
Vera N. de Ruijter, Xinyi Xie and Albert Koelmans
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Wageningen University
Downloads 24 (1,445,011)

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microplastics, standard testing material, effect mechanism, food dilution, food quality

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3d Analysis of Microplastic Settling in Algal Suspensions

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Jun 2024
Wageningen University, Wageningen University, Wageningen University and Wageningen University
Downloads 98 (699,467)

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microplastics, phytoplankton, settling velocity, 3D particle tracking

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On the Probability of Ecological Risks from Microplastics in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Dec 2022
Wageningen University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and TG Environmental Research
Downloads 92 (730,864)

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plastic pollution, microplastic, probabilistic risk assessment, Great Lakes

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A Multimedia Model for Microplastic Particles

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Dec 2022
Joris Quik, J.A.J. Meesters and Albert Koelmans
National Institute for Public Health and Environment, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Wageningen University
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Nanoplastic, microplastic, multimeida model, SimpleBox, unit world

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A QA/QC screening framework to assess studies reporting microplastic presence in human organs, tissues, and bodily fluids

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Apr 2026 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2026
University of Saskatchewan, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Wageningen University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Wageningen University
Downloads 53 (1,031,043)

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Data quality, Human Health, Microplastic, Exposure, Risk Assessment

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On the Need to Avoid Apple-to-Orange Comparisons in Microplastic Research

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Feb 2024
Albert Koelmans, Todd Gouin, Alvine Mehinto and Scott Coffin
Wageningen University, TG Environmental Research, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority and California State Water Resources Control Board
Downloads 49 (1,074,648)

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Laurentian Great Lakes, microplastics, risk assessment, risk management, policy advice

9.

The distribution of nano- and microplastics in the human body: a Hybrid Perfusion-Diffusion based PBK model

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Mar 2026
Wageningen University, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Wageningen University and Wageningen University
Downloads 40 (1,183,237)
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PBK, Microplastics, Nanoplastics, exposure, human health, risk assessment

10.

Towards Continuous Mass and Size Distributions for Beach Plastic Litter: Spatiotemporal Analyses of Abundance and Composition

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Apr 2023
Wageningen University, Wageningen University, Government of the Netherlands - Netherlands Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Wageningen University and Wageningen University
Downloads 39 (1,196,171)

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environmental pollution, Macroplastics, Marine environment, Probability density functions, OSPAR

11.

Implications of Method- and Instrument-Based Size Detection Limits in Μftir-Based Microplastic Analysis

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 11 Apr 2025
SITING WANG, Svenja M. Mintenig, Jing Wu and Albert Koelmans
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tsinghua University and Wageningen University
Downloads 33 (1,277,121)

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Microplastics, Sieve mesh size, Size distribution, environmental monitoring, Suspended solid matter

12.

Global Modeling of The Role of Microplastics in Riverine Pathogen Transport, Exposure, And Risks

We submitted this manuscript to Water Research, and it is under review now.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Feb 2026
Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen University, Wageningen University, Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen University and Wageningen University
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Microplastics, Pathogens, Abrasion, Vector, Global Rivers, Transport