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Leachate from microplastics impairs larval development in brown mussels.
Pablo Pena Gandara e Silva,Caio Rodrigues Nobre,Pryscila Resaffe,Camilo Dias Seabra Pereira,Felipe Gusmão,Felipe Gusmão +5 more
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It is suggested that microplastic debris may be harmful even if ingestion is not the only or main pathway of interaction of marine organisms with contaminated plastic debris, while the toxicity of leachate from virgin pellets was mainly due to plastic additives.About:
This article is published in Water Research.The article was published on 2016-12-01. It has received 211 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Microplastics.read more
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Occurrence and effects of plastic additives on marine environments and organisms: A review
Ludovic Hermabessiere,Alexandre Dehaut,Ika Paul-Pont,Camille Lacroix,Ronan Jezequel,Philippe Soudant,Guillaume Duflos +6 more
TL;DR: This work identified polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), phthalates, nonylphenols (NP), bisphenol A (BPA) and antioxidants as the most common plastic additives found in marine environments and transfer of these plastic additives to marine organisms has been demonstrated both in laboratory and field studies.
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Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on biota: a review.
Sadasivam Anbumani,Poonam Kakkar +1 more
TL;DR: The present review focused on the ecological impact of microplastics on biota at different trophic levels, its uptake, accumulation, and excretion etc., and its plausible mechanistic toxicity with risk assessment approaches.
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Freshwater plastic pollution: Recognizing research biases and identifying knowledge gaps.
TL;DR: There is a continued need to increase the field-data bases about plastics (all size fractions) in freshwater environments, especially in countries with rapid economic development and poor waste management, and to estimate river plastic emissions to the world's oceans.
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Toxicity of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Mammalian Systems
TL;DR: The prevailing data suggest that micro- and nanoplastic accumulation in mammalian and human tissues would likely have negative, yet unclear long-term consequences, and there is a need for cellular and systemic toxicity due to micro-and nanoplastics to be better illuminated, and the underlying mechanisms defined by further work.
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Occurrence and Characteristics of Microplastic Pollution in Xiangxi Bay of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
Kai Zhang,Xiong Xiong,Hu Hongjuan,Chenxi Wu,Yonghong Bi,Yonghong Wu,Bingsheng Zhou,Paul K.S. Lam,Jiantong Liu +8 more
TL;DR: Results from this study confirm the presence of high abundance microplastics in reservoir impacted tributaries, and suggest that water level regulated hydrodynamic condition and input of nonpoint sources are important regulators for microplastic accumulation and distribution in the backwater area of reservoir tributary.
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Lost at sea: where is all the plastic?
Richard C. Thompson,Ylva S. Olsen,Richard P. Mitchell,Anthony Davis,Steven J. Rowland,Anthony W. G. John,Daniel F. McGonigle,Andrea E. Russell +7 more
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Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification
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