Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms

The fragmentation of plastic litter into smaller fragments, known as microplastics and nanoplastics, as well as their toxicity and environmental distribution have become issues of high concern. Furthermore, the popularization of bioplastics as a greener substitute of conventional plastics represents...

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Authors: Tamayo Belda, Miguel, Pulido-Reyes, Gerardo, Rosal, Roberto, Fernández Piñas, Francisca
Format: article
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:IAPH
Repository:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Language:English
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/705796
https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/wecn.2022.17
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Nanoplastics
Environmental Fate
Toxicity
Freshwater Organisms
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organismsTamayo Belda, MiguelPulido-Reyes, GerardoRosal, RobertoFernández Piñas, FranciscaNanoplasticsEnvironmental FateToxicityFreshwater OrganismsBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaThe fragmentation of plastic litter into smaller fragments, known as microplastics and nanoplastics, as well as their toxicity and environmental distribution have become issues of high concern. Furthermore, the popularization of bioplastics as a greener substitute of conventional plastics represents a challenge for the scientific community in view of the limited information concerning their potential environmental impact. Here, we systematically review the recent knowledge on the environmental fate and toxicity of nanoplastics in freshwater environments, discuss the results obtained thus far, and identify several knowledge gaps. The sources and environmental behaviors of nanoplastics are presented considering in vitro, in vivo, and in silico studies with a focus on real exposure scenarios. Their effects on organisms are classified based on their impact on primary producers, primary consumers, and secondary consumers. This review covers the main results published in the last four years, including all relevant experimental details and highlighting the most sensitive toxicity endpoints assessed in every study. We also include more recent results on the potential environmental impact of biodegradable plastics, a type of material belonging to the category of bioplastics for which there are still scarce data. This review identifies a need to perform studies using secondary nanoplastics rather than synthetic commercial materials as well as to include other polymers apart from polystyrene. There is also an urgent need to assess the possible risk of nanoplastics at environmentally realistic concentrations using sublethal endpoints and long-term assaysOAEDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de Ciencias20222022-11-16research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/705796https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/wecn.2022.17reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:IAPHInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7057962026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
title Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
spellingShingle Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
Tamayo Belda, Miguel
Nanoplastics
Environmental Fate
Toxicity
Freshwater Organisms
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
title_full Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
title_fullStr Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
title_full_unstemmed Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
title_sort Nanoplastic toxicity towards freshwater organisms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tamayo Belda, Miguel
Pulido-Reyes, Gerardo
Rosal, Roberto
Fernández Piñas, Francisca
author Tamayo Belda, Miguel
author_facet Tamayo Belda, Miguel
Pulido-Reyes, Gerardo
Rosal, Roberto
Fernández Piñas, Francisca
author_role author
author2 Pulido-Reyes, Gerardo
Rosal, Roberto
Fernández Piñas, Francisca
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Nanoplastics
Environmental Fate
Toxicity
Freshwater Organisms
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Nanoplastics
Environmental Fate
Toxicity
Freshwater Organisms
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description The fragmentation of plastic litter into smaller fragments, known as microplastics and nanoplastics, as well as their toxicity and environmental distribution have become issues of high concern. Furthermore, the popularization of bioplastics as a greener substitute of conventional plastics represents a challenge for the scientific community in view of the limited information concerning their potential environmental impact. Here, we systematically review the recent knowledge on the environmental fate and toxicity of nanoplastics in freshwater environments, discuss the results obtained thus far, and identify several knowledge gaps. The sources and environmental behaviors of nanoplastics are presented considering in vitro, in vivo, and in silico studies with a focus on real exposure scenarios. Their effects on organisms are classified based on their impact on primary producers, primary consumers, and secondary consumers. This review covers the main results published in the last four years, including all relevant experimental details and highlighting the most sensitive toxicity endpoints assessed in every study. We also include more recent results on the potential environmental impact of biodegradable plastics, a type of material belonging to the category of bioplastics for which there are still scarce data. This review identifies a need to perform studies using secondary nanoplastics rather than synthetic commercial materials as well as to include other polymers apart from polystyrene. There is also an urgent need to assess the possible risk of nanoplastics at environmentally realistic concentrations using sublethal endpoints and long-term assays
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