Polyethylene microplastics do not increase bioaccumulation or toxicity of nonylphenol and 4-MBC to marine zooplankton.
Beiras R, Muniategui-Lorenzo S, Rodil R, Tato T, Montes R, López-Ibáñez S, Concha-Graña E, Campoy-López P, Salgueiro-González N, Quintana JB.
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Sci Total Environ. 2019 Nov 20;692:1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.106. Epub 2019 Jul 8.
Sci Total Environ. 2019.
PMID: 31326592
Global production of synthetic polymers, led by polyethylene (PE), rose steadily in the last decades, and marine ecosystems are considered as a global sink. ...We have tested this hypothesis using two organisms representative of the marine plankton, the holoplanktonic cope …
Global production of synthetic polymers, led by polyethylene (PE), rose steadily in the last decades, and marine ecosystems are consi …