| Autor: |
Ying, Wang, Alice, Baynes, Kofi O, Renner, Mingxing, Zhang, Mark D, Scrimshaw, Edwin J, Routledge |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Zdroj: |
Toxics. 10(2) |
| ISSN: |
2305-6304 |
| Popis: |
The presence of plastic cosmetic microbeads in the environment due to their extensive use in society and inevitable dispersal into wastewater is concerning. Therefore, it is vital to understand the processes of microplastic uptake and elimination by aquatic organisms, and to further assess their potential to cause harmful effects and wider impacts. We therefore investigated the short-term (48-h) and long-term (21-d) uptake, elimination, and effects of exposure to polyethylene microbeads (a mixture of fragments and spheres extracted from commercially available facial scrubs) on the freshwater snail |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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