Tissue accumulation of microplastics in mice and biomarker responses suggest widespread health risks of exposure

Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Toxic Effects in Liver

(2016) Yifeng Lu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Does the presence of microplastics influence the acute toxicity of chromium(VI) to early juveniles of the common goby (Pomatoschistus microps)? A study with juveniles from two wild estuarine populations

(2015) Luís G. Luís et al.   AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY

The discharge of certain amounts of industrial microplastic from a production plant into the River Danube is permitted by the Austrian legislation

(2015) Aaron Lechner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Pollutants bioavailability and toxicological risk from microplastics to marine mussels

(2015) Carlo Giacomo Avio et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic and macroplastic ingestion by a deep diving, oceanic cetacean: The True's beaked whale Mesoplodon mirus

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Pollution in Table Salts from China

(2015) Dongqi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

(2015) Hans Bouwmeester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Impact of Polystyrene Microplastics on Feeding, Function and Fecundity in the Marine Copepod Calanus helgolandicus

(2015) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

News Feature: Microplastics present pollution puzzle

(2015) Alla Katsnelson   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption

(2014) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Uptake and Retention of Microplastics by the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas

(2014) Andrew J. R. Watts et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Fate of Microplastics in the Marine Isopod Idotea emarginata

(2014) Julia Hämer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Assimilation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers from Microplastics by the Marine Amphipod, Allorchestes Compressa

(2014) Evan M. Chua et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mice In Vivo Toxicity Studies for Monohaloacetamides Emerging Disinfection Byproducts Based on Metabolomic Methods

(2014) Yongfeng Deng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Accumulation and Embryotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles at Early Stage of Development of Sea Urchin Embryos Paracentrotus lividus

(2014) C. Della Torre et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nanoplastic Affects Growth of S. obliquus and Reproduction of D. magna

(2014) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Altered Behavior, Physiology, and Metabolism in Fish Exposed to Polystyrene Nanoparticles

(2014) Karin Mattsson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean

(2014) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Early warning signs of endocrine disruption in adult fish from the ingestion of polyethylene with and without sorbed chemical pollutants from the marine environment

(2014) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastic ingestion decreases energy reserves in marine worms

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity

(2013) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Contamination of beach sediments of a subalpine lake with microplastic particles

(2013) Hannes K. Imhof et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Single and combined effects of microplastics and pyrene on juveniles (0+ group) of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps (Teleostei, Gobiidae)

(2013) M. Oliveira et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.)

(2013) Paul Farrell et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic Ingestion by Zooplankton

(2013) Matthew Cole et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

As main meal for sperm whales: Plastics debris

(2013) Renaud de Stephanis et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Microplastic in Terrestrial Ecosystems and the Soil?

(2012) Matthias C. Rillig   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and Effects of Microplastics on Cells and Tissue of the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an Experimental Exposure

(2012) Nadia von Moos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Occurrence of microplastics in the gastrointestinal tract of pelagic and demersal fish from the English Channel

(2012) A.L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

l-Tyrosine administration increases acetylcholinesterase activity in rats

(2012) Gabriela K. Ferreira et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Food Chain Transport of Nanoparticles Affects Behaviour and Fat Metabolism in Fish

(2012) Tommy Cedervall et al.   PLoS One

Environmental Contaminant Mixtures at Ambient Concentrations Invoke a Metabolic Stress Response in Goldfish Not Predicted from Exposure to Individual Compounds Alone

(2011) Julia Jordan et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Repeated-dose toxicity and inflammatory responses in mice by oral administration of silver nanoparticles

(2010) Eun-Jung Park et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Natural factors to consider when using acetylcholinesterase activity as neurotoxicity biomarker in Young-Of-Year striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

(2010) Eric D. H. Durieux et al.   FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Lipid droplets in inflammation and cancer

(2010) Patricia T. Bozza et al.   PROSTAGLANDINS LEUKOTRIENES AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS

In vivo Biodistribution and Urinary Excretion of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles: Effects of Particle Size and PEGylation

(2010) Qianjun He et al.   Small

Size and shape effects in the biodistribution of intravascularly injected particles

(2009) P. Decuzzi et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)

(2008) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Toxicological effects of cinnabar in rats by NMR-based metabolic profiling of urine and serum

(2007) Lai Wei et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY