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Original research — experimental, observational, or case-control study. Direct primary evidence.
Human Health Effects
Marine & Wildlife
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Polystyrene microplastics are reprotoxic for oyster
HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
2016
Rossana Sussarellu,
M. Suquet,
Yoann Thomas,
Christophe Lambert,
Caroline Fabioux,
Eve-Julie Arsenault-Pernet,
Nelly Le Goïc,
Virgile Quillien,
Christian Mingant,
Myrina Boulais,
Yanouk Epelboin,
Charlotte Corporeau,
Julien Guyomarch,
Johan Robbens,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Philippe Soudant,
Arnaud Huvet
Summary
This French study demonstrated that polystyrene microplastics are reprotoxic for oysters, impairing reproductive function in these economically and ecologically important bivalves. The finding highlights the risk that microplastic pollution poses to shellfish reproduction and by extension to marine food security.
Polymers
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International audience