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Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.).
Paul Farrell,Kathryn Nelson +1 more
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This study is the first to show 'natural' trophic transfer of microplastic, and its translocation to haemolymph and tissues of a crab, and has implications for the health of marine organisms, the wider food web and humans.About:
This article is published in Environmental Pollution.The article was published on 2013-06-01. It has received 1090 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Mytilus & Carcinus maenas.read more
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A One Health perspective of the impacts of microplastics on animal, human and environmental health
Joana C. Prata,João Pinto da Costa,Isabel Lopes,Anthony L. Andrady,Armando C. Duarte,Teresa Rocha-Santos +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a transdisciplinary approach to microplastics, addressing indirect effects beyond simple toxicological effects, such as changing the abiotic properties of matrices (e.g., soil permeability) and interfering with essential ecosystem functions affecting ecosystem services that can affect human health.
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Plastics and the microbiome: impacts and solutions
Gavin Lear,Joanne M. Kingsbury,S. Franchini,V. Gambarini,S. D. M. Maday,J. A. Wallbank,Louise Weaver,O. Pantos +7 more
TL;DR: This article proposed a best-practice workflow for isolating and reporting plastic-degrading taxa from diverse environmental microbiomes, which should include multiple lines of evidence supporting changes in polymer structure, mass loss, and detection of presumed degradation products, along with confirmation of microbial strains and enzymes responsible for high molecular weight plastic polymer degradation.
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Anthropogenic particles in the stomach contents and liver of the freshwater fish Squalius cephalus
TL;DR: The majority of APs isolated from stomach contents were fibers, which highlights that fish could be more exposed to fibers than previously thought and that more studies on the impacts of fiber ingestion are required.
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Feasting on microplastics: ingestion by and effects on marine organisms
TL;DR: Since microplastics are able to adsorb and concentrate organic pollutants up to 1 million times more than the pollutant concentration in ambient waters, the ingestion of such small plastic fragments is a probable route for the entrance and biomagnification of toxic chemicals in the marine food web.
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Polystyrene microplastics lead to pyroptosis and apoptosis of ovarian granulosa cells via NLRP3/Caspase-1 signaling pathway in rats
Junyu Hou,Zhimin Lei,Linlu Cui,Yun Hou,Long Yang,Ru An,Qimeng Wang,Shengda Li,Hongqin Zhang,Lianshuang Zhang +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of polystyrene MPs (PS MPs) on the ovary and its mechanism in rats remained unclear. But, exposure to microplastics had adverse effects on ovarian and could be a potential risk factor for female infertility, which provided new insights into the toxicity of MPs on female reproduction.
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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
TL;DR: It is shown that microscopic plastic fragments and fibers are also widespread in the marine environment and may persist for centuries.
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Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife
Emma L. Teuten,Jovita M. Saquing,Detlef R.U. Knappe,Morton A. Barlaz,Susanne Jonsson,Annika Björn,Steven J. Rowland,Richard C. Thompson,Tamara S. Galloway,Rei Yamashita,Daisuke Ochi,Yutaka Watanuki,Charles J. Moore,Pham Hung Viet,Touch Seang Tana,Maricar S. Prudente,Ruchaya Boonyatumanond,Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria,Kongsap Akkhavong,Yuko Ogata,Hisashi Hirai,Satoru Iwasa,Kaoruko Mizukawa,Yuki Hagino,Ayako Imamura,Mahua Saha,Hideshige Takada +26 more
TL;DR: Model calculations and experimental observations consistently show that polyethylene accumulates more organic contaminants than other plastics such as polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride, and PCBs could transfer from contaminated plastics to streaked shearwater chicks.
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Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)
Mark Anthony Browne,Awantha Dissanayake,Tamara S. Galloway,David M. Lowe,Richard C. Thompson +4 more
TL;DR: The data indicate as plastic fragments into smaller particles, the potential for accumulation in the tissues of an organism increases and further work using a wider range of organisms, polymers, and periods of exposure will be required to establish the biological consequences of this debris.
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Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat
TL;DR: Marine plastic debris is divided into two categories: macro, >5 mm and micro, <5 mm, which provide potential danger to marine ecosystems from the accumulation of plastic debris on the sea floor and the potential bioavailability of compounds added to plastics at the time of manufacture, as well as those adsorbed from the environment.
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Plastic Resin Pellets as a Transport Medium for Toxic Chemicals in the Marine Environment
Yukie Mato,Tomohiko Isobe,Hideshige Takada,Haruyuki Kanehiro,Chiyoko Ohtake,Tsuguchika Kaminuma +5 more
TL;DR: Field adsorption experiments using PP virgin pellets demonstrated significant and steady increase in PCBs and DDE concentrations throughout the six-day experiment, indicating that the source of PCBs, DDE, and nonylphenols is ambient seawater and that adsor adaptation to pellet surfaces is the mechanism of enrichment.