Microplastic moves pollutants and additives to worms, reducing functions linked to health and biodiversity.

By M. Browne, S. Niven, T. Galloway, S. Rowland, Richard C. Thompson. Current Biology, 2013

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Oyster reproduction is affected by exposure to polystyrene microplastics (2016, background): “Given the ubiquitous nature and small dimensions of MP [9], their ingestion and subsequent impact on marine life is a growing cause for concern, notably for suspension filter-feeding species, which filter large water volumes and may ingest large quantities of particles [10–13].”
The presence of microplastics in the digestive tract of commercial fishes off Pantai Indah Kapuk coast, Jakarta, Indonesia (2019, background): “According to Browne et al. (2013), microplastics can pass through or be accumulated in the digestive tract of marine organism.”
Microplastics in seafood: Benchmark protocol for their extraction and characterization. (2016, background): “…transfer microorganisms or pollutants 83 adsorbed on their surface, additives, and other toxic chemicals into the guts of organisms, which may 84 affect physiological functions (Browne et al., 2013; Teuten et al., 2009; Thompson, 2004; Van 85 Cauwenberghe and Janssen, 2014; Zettler et al., 2013).”
Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption. (2014, background): “Ingestion of plastics lead to the accumulation of PBDEs in the tissues of lugworms and fish (Browne et al., 2013; Rochman et al., 2013).”
High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake. (2014, background): “Microplastic ingestion can reduce feeding, deplete energy reserves, and decrease ecophysiological function as a result of physical injury, physiological stress, and false satiation (von Moos et al., 2012; Browne et al., 2013; Cole et al., 2013; Rochman et al., 2013; Wright et al., 2013a,b).”
Modeling the Role of Microplastics in Bioaccumulation of Organic Chemicals to Marine Aquatic Organisms. A Critical Review (2015, methodology): “…are less than anticipated, but it may imply that the relevance of plastic ingestion as an additional exposure pathway may be less relevant than what has been assumed in the literature (e.g. Teuten et al. 2007, 2009; Hammer et al. 2012; Browne et al. 2013; Chua et al. 2014), at least for POPs.”