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Transgenerational effects of polyethylene microplastic fragments containing benzophenone-3 additive in Daphnia magna

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Jinyoung Song, Jinyoung Song, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Joorim Na, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Jinyoung Song, Jinyoung Song, Jinyoung Song, Changhae Kim, Joorim Na, Jinyoung Song, Changhae Kim, Palas Samanta, Nüket Sivri Joorim Na, Joorim Na, Joorim Na, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Jinyoung Song, Jinyoung Song, Jinyoung Song, Jinyoung Song, Joorim Na, Joorim Na, Joorim Na, Joorim Na, Jinho Jung, Palas Samanta, Palas Samanta, Palas Samanta, Changhae Kim, Changhae Kim, Nüket Sivri Jinyoung Song, Jinho Jung, Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Jinyoung Song, Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Jinho Jung, Nüket Sivri Joorim Na, Nüket Sivri Jinho Jung, Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Changhae Kim, Jinho Jung, Joorim Na, Joorim Na, Joorim Na, Palas Samanta, Palas Samanta, Palas Samanta, Jinho Jung, Joorim Na, Jinyoung Song, Changhae Kim, Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Jinyoung Song, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Jinyoung Song, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Joorim Na, Jinyoung Song, Jinho Jung, Jinyoung Song, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri Changhae Kim, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Palas Samanta, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Changhae Kim, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Jinho Jung, Joorim Na, Nüket Sivri Nüket Sivri

Summary

Researchers investigated the transgenerational effects of polyethylene microplastic fragments containing the UV filter benzophenone-3 on water fleas (Daphnia magna) across four generations. They found that while mortality effects recovered by the third unexposed generation, reproductive impairments persisted, with the additive BP-3 contributing more to long-term toxicity than the plastic particles alone. The study suggests that chemical additives in microplastics may pose lasting risks to aquatic organisms even across generations that were never directly exposed.

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Maternal exposure to microplastics (MPs) plays an important role in the fitness of unexposed progeny. In this study, the transgenerational effects of polyethylene MP fragments (17.35 ± 5.50 µm) containing benzophenone-3 (BP-3; 2.85 ± 0.16% w/w) on chronic toxicity (21 d) in Daphnia magna were investigated across four generations. Only D. magna in the F0 generation was exposed to MP fragments, MP/BP-3 fragments, and BP-3 leachate to identify the transgenerational effect in the F3 generation. The mortality of D. magna induced by MP and MP/BP-3 fragments was recovered in the F3 generation, but somatic growth and reproduction significantly decreased compared to the control. Additionally, reproduction of D. magna exposed to BP-3 leachate significantly decreased in the F3 generation. These findings confirmed the transgenerational effects of MP fragment and BP-3 additive on D. magna. Particularly, the adverse effect on D. magna reproduction seemed to be cumulative across four generations for MP/BP-3 fragments, while it was an acclimation trend for BP-3 leachate. However, there was no significant difference in global DNA methylation in D. magna across four generations, thus requiring a gene-specific DNA methylation study to identify different epigenetic transgenerational inheritance.

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