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Toxic effects of microplastic on marine microalgae Skeletonema costatum: Interactions between microplastic and algae
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Compared with non-contact shading effect, interactions between microplastic and microalage such as adsorption and aggregation were more reasonable explanations for toxic effects of microplastics on marine microalgae.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2017-01-01. It has received 520 citations till now.read more
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Toxicities of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Aquatic Animals.
Masato Honda,Nobuo Suzuki +1 more
TL;DR: PAHs have a toxicity for aquatic animals, indicating that the prevention of aquatic PAH pollution should be emphasized, and the correlation between PAHs and microplastics is described.
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Toxicities of polystyrene nano- and microplastics toward marine bacterium Halomonas alkaliphila
TL;DR: The present study illustrates the impact of plastics debris on the inorganic nitrogen conversion efficiencies of marine bacteria and highlights the effects of microplastics on the ecological function of marine organisms.
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Influence of microplastics on the toxicity of the pharmaceuticals procainamide and doxycycline on the marine microalgae Tetraselmis chuii.
Joana C. Prata,Beatriz R.B.O. Lavorante,Beatriz R.B.O. Lavorante,Maria C. B. S. M. Montenegro,Lúcia Guilhermino +4 more
TL;DR: Both pharmaceuticals were toxic to T. chuii in the low ppm range, and microplastics-pharmaceutical mixtures were more toxic than the pharmaceuticals alone, although the biological results are expressed in relation to doxycycline concentration, these findings are of concern.
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Microplastics in the environment: Interactions with microbes and chemical contaminants
F.K. Mammo,Isaac Dennis Amoah,Khalid Muzamil Gani,Leanne Pillay,Sachitra Kumar Ratha,Faizal Bux,Sheena Kumari +6 more
TL;DR: The distribution of MPs, the association of toxic chemicals with MPs, microbial association with MPs and the microbial-induced fate of MPs in the environment are discussed and the biodegradation and bioaccumulation of MPs by and in microbes and its potential impact on the food chain are reviewed.
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A Scientific Perspective on Microplastics in Nature and Society
Bart Koelmans,Sabine Pahl,Thomas Backhaus,Filipa Bessa,G. van Calster,N. Contzen,R. Cronin,Tamara S. Galloway,A. Hart,Lesley Henderson,Gabriela Kalčíková,Frank J. Kelly,B. Kolodziejczyk,E. Marku,W. Poortinga,Matthias C. Rillig,E. van Sebille,L. Steg,J. Steinhorst,J. Steidl,Kristian Syberg,Richard C. Thompson,Martin Wagner,A.P. van Wezel,Kayleigh J. Wyles,Stephanie L. Wright +25 more
TL;DR: The best available evidence suggests that microplastics and nanoplastics do not pose a widespread risk to humans or the environment, except in small pockets as discussed by the authors. But that evidence is limited, and the situation could change if pollution continues at the current rate.
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