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Comprehending the complexity of microplastic organismal exposures and effects, to improve testing frameworks
Journal of Hazardous Materials2021
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Agathe Bour,
Agathe Bour,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Monica Hamann Sandgaard
Agathe Bour,
Agathe Bour,
Agathe Bour,
Agathe Bour,
Monica Hamann Sandgaard
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Agathe Bour,
Agathe Bour,
Agathe Bour,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Monica Hamann Sandgaard
Kristian Syberg,
Monica Hamann Sandgaard
Agathe Bour,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Agathe Bour,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Monica Hamann Sandgaard
Annemette Palmqvist,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Monica Hamann Sandgaard
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Agathe Bour,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Annemette Palmqvist,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Kristian Syberg,
Bethanie Carney Almroth,
Kristian Syberg,
Agathe Bour,
Monica Hamann Sandgaard
Summary
This review argues that standard toxicity testing frameworks are poorly suited to capture the complexity of microplastic exposures in real environments, proposing improved testing approaches that account for particle mixtures, realistic concentrations, and species-specific feeding behaviors.
Microplastics (MPs) have been identified as a threat to global ecosystems. Current projections indicate that the negative impacts of MPs will increase in the environment. Traditional toxicity testing does not account for the diversity of MP particles, the inherent diversity in potential exposure routes, and complex impacts in exposed organisms. Here we present and discuss factors influencing organismal exposure to MPs driven by fate and behavior of MPs in different environmental matrices and organisms behavioral niches. We then provide a structured classification of potential effects of MPs, chemical or particulate, generic or specific to MPs. Using these analyses, we discuss appropriateness and limitations of applying traditional, chemical-based ecotoxicity testing for the study of MPs, and propose practical recommendations and guidelines. Future laboratory based studies can be improved to increase understanding of potential real world effects of MPs by careful selection of appropriate exposure systems and conditions, test organism, MP characteristics, endpoints and required controls. We build upon recommendations provided in previous publications and complement them with a list of parameters and practical information that should be checked and/or reported in MP studies.