Microplastic exposure studies should be environmentally realistic

By Robin Lenz, K. Enders, T. Nielsen. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016

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Microplastics accumulate on pores in seed capsule and delay germination and root growth of the terrestrial vascular plant Lepidium sativum. (2019, background): “Concentrations are expected to increase with decreases in particle size, and predicted concentrations of 1 mm particles in aquatic systems range between ~102-~107 particles$mL 1 (Lenz et al., 2016).”
Microplastics in Fish and Shellfish – A Threat to Seafood Safety? (2020, background): “However, as pointed out by Lenz et al. (2016), the concentrations of microplastics used in these investigations have in most cases been orders of magnitude higher than found in the oceans.”