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Controlled protein mediated aggregation of polystyrene nanoplastics does not reduce toxicity towards <i>Daphnia magna</i>

Environmental Science Nano 2020 23 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count. Score: 40 ? 0–100 AI score estimating relevance to the microplastics field. Papers below 30 are filtered from public browse.
Mikael T. Ekvall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Egle Kelpsiene Egle Kelpsiene Egle Kelpsiene Egle Kelpsiene Rebecca Frankel, Mikael T. Ekvall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Egle Kelpsiene Egle Kelpsiene Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Mikael T. Ekvall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Tommy Cedervall, Egle Kelpsiene Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Egle Kelpsiene Egle Kelpsiene Lars‐Anders Hansson, Tommy Cedervall, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Egle Kelpsiene Mikael T. Ekvall, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Tommy Cedervall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Mikael T. Ekvall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Tommy Cedervall, Lars‐Anders Hansson, Tommy Cedervall, Egle Kelpsiene

Summary

Researchers found that protein-mediated aggregation of polystyrene nanoplastics into larger clusters did not reduce their toxicity to Daphnia magna, whereas solid particles of equivalent aggregate size were non-toxic, suggesting aggregation state alone does not determine nanoplastic hazard.

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Aggregated small nanoplastics are still toxic whereas solid nanoplastics with the same size as the aggregates are not.

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