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Plastics as vehicles of chemical compounds to marine organisms

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Plastics in the marine environment are shown to be a source of toxic chemicals. To understand potential risk, we evaluated the toxicity of dirty and virgin plastic fragments on marine mussels Mytilus trossulus Gould, 1850. We simulated transfers of chemical compounds to marine water by air agitation. According to experiments, an exposure to plastic fragments induces oxidative stress and variations in the microelement composition in tissues of the mussels. A decrease in the activity of the antiradical link in mollusk tissues and a pronounced genotoxic effect of plastic are also reported.

Source: IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/548/4/042040

Authors: N V Dovzhenko, A A Mazur, S P Kukla, V V Slobodskova, L F Kolosova, A A Istomina, V P Chelomin

Institutions: Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute

Language: English

Topic: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3082899596

FWCI: 0.845

Cites: 17

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10