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Microplastics and PFAS as ubiquitous pollutants affect potencies of highly toxic chemicals in mixtures
Journal of Hazardous Materials2025
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Annemarie P. van Wezel
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Sam van Loon,
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Rachel Hurley,
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Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
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Claus Svendsen,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Sam van Loon,
Annemarie P. van Wezel
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Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Rachel Hurley,
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Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
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Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
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Claus Svendsen,
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Claus Svendsen,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
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Annemarie P. van Wezel
Rachel Hurley,
Rachel Hurley,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Annemarie P. van Wezel
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Annemarie P. van Wezel
Annemarie P. van Wezel
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Rachel Hurley,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Rachel Hurley,
Claus Svendsen,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Sam van Loon,
Claus Svendsen,
Claus Svendsen,
Claus Svendsen,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Rachel Hurley,
Rachel Hurley,
Cornelis A.M. van Gestel,
Claus Svendsen,
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Summary
Researchers investigated how ubiquitous pollutants like PFAS and microplastics affect the toxicity of other highly toxic chemicals when present together in mixtures. They found that even at non-toxic concentrations, PFAS and microplastics could alter the potency of co-occurring toxic compounds. The study highlights the importance of considering pollutant interactions in complex environmental mixtures rather than assessing chemicals in isolation.
Pollutants usually occur as mixtures in the environment, where they affect each other's toxicity even at non-toxic concentrations. Despite the environmental relevance of interactions in complex mixtures, they remain severely understudied. Therefore, this study aimed to assess how PFAS and microplastics (MPs) as ubiquitous pollutants at (non-)toxic concentrations affect the potencies of highly toxic chemicals in mixtures. Experiments were performed to assess the toxicity of perfluorobutane sulfonamide (FBSA), linear low-density polyethylene MPs (0-50 µm), chlorpyrifos and imidacloprid to the reproduction of the springtail Folsomia candida in Lufa 2.2 soil, as single compounds, binary and ternary mixtures. FBSA at non-toxic concentrations showed dose-dependent synergism with imidacloprid, but antagonism with chlorpyrifos. Synergism only occurred in the ternary mixtures dominated by FBSA at non-toxic concentrations and imidacloprid. MPs and toxic concentrations of FBSA were antagonistic in all mixtures. In conclusion, MPs and FBSA affected insecticide toxicity, and assuming concentration addition for the hazard assessment of ternary mixtures is generally precautionary. Ternary interactions could not be reliably predicted from binary interactions, and ratio-specific interactions may be overlooked. This emphasizes the need to include experimental mixture toxicity data for a realistic risk assessment of complex chemical mixtures.