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Nanoplastic ingestion induces behavioral disorders in terrestrial snails: trophic transfer effectsviavascular plants

Environmental Science Nano 2020 181 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Yooeun Chae, Youn‐Joo An

Summary

This study tracked the transfer of nanoplastics through a terrestrial food chain, from soil to plants to snails, finding that snails exposed via plants showed behavioral disruptions compared to controls. The results demonstrate that nanoplastics can move up land-based food webs and cause measurable neurological effects in invertebrates.

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Cardiovascular

This study investigated the transfer of plastic debris in a terrestrial environment from the soil to a plant (the mung bean,Vigna radiata), and then to a consumer (the African giant snail,Achatina fulica).

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