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MICROPLASTICS AS A VECTOR FOR HEAVY METALS IN HARD CLAM Meretrix lusoria UNDER VARIOUS SALINITIES
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Researchers investigated polypropylene and other microplastic particle types as vectors for lead (Pb) accumulation in the hard clam Meretrix lusoria under varying salinities, finding that PP particles caused the greatest increase in clam Pb concentration and that salinity modulated heavy metal bioaccumulation.
Microplastics (MPs) and heavy metals have been reported to interact in freshwater and seawater.The level of contamination in organisms can be impacted by the interaction between the two.Meretrix lusoria, a type of hard clam, is an osmoconformer.The role of MPs particles as carriers of Pb heavy metal pollution in hard clams under various treatments and salinities is investigated in this study.The particle type of MPs plays an important role in determining the level of increase in the heavy metal Pb in hard clams.PP particles cause a higher increase in Pb concentration than other particles.Additionally, the concentration of the heavy metal Pb increases with water salinity.MPs particles accumulated more in the clams placed at 30‰ salinity than the other two lower salinities.Our findings show that MPs particles can act as Pb vectors in Meretrix lusoria under various conditions and salinities.
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