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Multiple-biomarker approach in the assessment of bisphenol A effect on the grooved carpet clam Ruditapes decussatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Summary
Researchers exposed grooved carpet clams to bisphenol A (BPA) in water and found it caused oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, genotoxicity, and damage to the digestive gland, demonstrating that multi-biomarker approaches can effectively reveal the wide-ranging harm that plastic-associated chemicals inflict on marine bivalves.
The multi-biomarker approach used in the current study proved to be a useful tool for assessing the impact of diphenylmethane compounds, such as BPA. Water-borne BPA causes oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, genotoxicity, and deleterious effects on the clam digestive gland; all of these could deteriorate clam performance and health, causing tissue dysfunction.