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Ecotoxicity Assessment of Microplastics on Aquatic Life

Environmental footprints and eco-design of products and processes 2022 5 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Beatriz Pérez‐Aragón, Juan Carlos Álvarez‐Zeferino, Arely Areanely Cruz‐Salas, Carolina Martínez‐Salvador, Alethia Vázquez‐Morillas

Summary

Researchers assessed the ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on aquatic life across marine and freshwater systems, finding that organisms at multiple trophic levels ingest plastic particles, leading to physical harm, chemical toxicity, and secondary effects that propagate through food webs.

Study Type Environmental

The presence of microplastics (MPs) in aquatic ecosystems (marine and freshwater) represents a persistent global environmental problem because they can be ingested by organisms of different trophic levels and later cause secondary effects, including ecotoxicological...

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