[HTML][HTML] Microplastic contamination in marine mussels from the Atlantic coast of North Portugal and human risk of microplastic intake through mussel consumption

LGA Barboza, XL Otero, L Guilhermino - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a global concern due to its potential impacts on the
environment, ecosystem services and human health. The goals of the present study were to …

Potential threats of microplastics and pathogenic bacteria to the immune system of the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis

C Sun, J Teng, D Wang, J Li, X Wang, J Zhao, E Shan… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2024 - Elsevier
As one of the main components of marine pollution, microplastics (MPs) inevitably enter the
mussel aquaculture environment. At the same time, pathogenic bacteria, especially …

Differential cellular uptake and trafficking of nanoplastics in two hemocyte subpopulations of mussels Perna viridis

X Chang, WX Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) could be ingested by bivalves and translocated to their hemocytes,
which played critical roles in immune-defense. In this study, highly fluorescent aggregation …

A Multidisciplinary Perspective on the Role of Plastic Pollution in the Triple Planetary Crisis

C Schmidt, D Kuehnel, D Materić… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
We discuss the role of plastics and associated chemicals in the triple planetary crisis of
climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution from a multidisciplinary …