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Quantification of Polyethylene in Mussel Hemolymph and Its Limited Additive Effect on Immune Function Induced by Bezafibrate

Springer water 2023
C. Martínez-Gómez, Marta Llorca, Tatiana Oporto, Silvia Rapuano, María del Mar García-Pimentel, Marinella Farré

Summary

Researchers found that polyethylene microplastics accumulate in mussel blood cells but have only limited effects on how mussels respond to pharmaceutical pollutants like bezafibrate, suggesting that microplastic and drug exposures don't always combine to create dramatically worse outcomes in marine shellfish.

Polymers
PE
Body Systems
Immune
Models
Invertebrate other
Study Type In vivo

Bioaccumulation of waterborne pharmaceutical residuals may be influenced by the presence of microplastics in the surrounding water and therefore, this study investigated whether in vivo co-exposure to weathered polyethylene microplastics (PE) (nominal 1 mg/L) and...

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