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ClearEcotoxicological Impacts of Micro and Nanoplastics on Marine Fauna
This review examines the ecotoxicological impacts of micro- and nanoplastics on marine fauna, detailing how these particles enter food chains through ingestion, accumulate across trophic levels, and cause physical and chemical harm including oxidative stress, inflammation, reproductive disruption, and mortality. The authors highlight the compounding threat when plastics act as vectors for adsorbed pollutants.
Ecotoxicological Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Terrestrial and Aquatic Environments
A broad review of ecotoxicological studies found that micro- and nanoplastics cause physical harm, oxidative stress, endocrine disruption, and reproductive impairment across a wide range of terrestrial and aquatic organisms, with nanoplastics generally exhibiting greater toxicity due to their smaller size and greater bioavailability.
Nanoplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: Impact, Toxicity, Detection, and Remediation Strategies
This review synthesizes current knowledge on nanoplastics in freshwater and marine environments, covering their transformation through photodegradation and biodegradation, ecotoxicological impacts including oxidative stress and reproductive effects in aquatic organisms, and available remediation strategies.
Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems: A Review of Ecotoxicological Effects, Exposure Pathways and Trophic Transfer Risks
This review synthesises evidence on the ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in marine, freshwater, and estuarine environments, covering ingestion, bioaccumulation, trophic transfer, and physiological harms across aquatic fauna. It identifies chemical co-contamination and particle size as key modulators of toxicity.
Biological Effects of Microplastics: A Review.
Researchers reviewed how microplastics harm a wide range of living things, finding they cause physical damage, inflammation, oxidative stress, and reproductive problems in aquatic animals, while also carrying toxic chemicals and dangerous bacteria into organisms. Major gaps remain in understanding the effects of long-term low-dose exposure and the risks posed by even tinier nanoplastics.
Toxicological Research on Nano and Microplastics in Environmental Pollution: Current Advances and Future Directions
This review summarizes existing research on how nano- and microplastics from our massive global plastic production enter aquatic environments, absorb harmful chemicals, and move through food chains into living organisms. Studies show these particles can cause brain damage, disrupt metabolism, trigger inflammation, and produce harmful oxidative stress in aquatic species, with microplastics even detected in commercial fish that people eat.
Toxicological review of micro- and nano-plastics in aquatic environments: Risks to ecosystems, food web dynamics and human health.
This review synthesized evidence on the toxicological effects of micro- and nanoplastics in aquatic ecosystems, covering risks to individual organisms, disruptions to food web dynamics, and pathways through which plastic exposure poses risks to human health via seafood consumption.
Micro(nano)plastics Prevalence, Food Web Interactions, and Toxicity Assessment in Aquatic Organisms: A Review
This review examines the prevalence of micro- and nanoplastics across aquatic environments and their documented toxic effects on organisms ranging from plankton to fish, including DNA damage, reproductive harm, and neurotoxicity. Researchers found clear evidence that these particles transfer through aquatic food webs and can ultimately reach humans through seafood consumption. The study calls for more research into how microplastics carrying multiple contaminants cause combined toxic effects in marine organisms.
The Hidden Poison: How Microplastics and Nanoplastics Threaten the Health of Aquatic Organisms Across Ecosystems
This review synthesizes evidence on how microplastics and nanoplastics interact with aquatic organisms at molecular, cellular, and systemic levels across diverse ecosystems. The study highlights documented effects including oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage, neurotoxicity, immune disruption, and reproductive impairment across a wide range of aquatic species.
Toxicity of nanoplastics to aquatic organisms: Genotoxicity, cytotoxicity, individual level and beyond individual level
This review examines the toxic effects of nanoplastics on aquatic organisms across multiple levels of the food chain, from bacteria and algae to fish. Researchers found that nanoplastics can cause cell damage, genetic harm, and reproductive problems, with toxicity influenced by particle size, concentration, and surface properties. The study also highlights how nanoplastic effects on individual organisms can cascade to disrupt broader ecosystem dynamics.
Effects of Nanoplastics on Aquatic Organisms
This review summarizes how nanoplastics — plastic particles smaller than 1 micrometer — affect aquatic organisms, highlighting their ability to penetrate cell membranes, accumulate inside organisms, and cause oxidative stress and reproductive harm.
Effects of micro- and nanoplastics on aquatic ecosystems: Current research trends and perspectives
This review covers 83 studies on the distribution and toxic effects of micro- and nanoplastics in both marine and freshwater ecosystems worldwide. Researchers found that these tiny particles affected the growth, development, behavior, reproduction, and survival of a wide range of aquatic organisms. The paper identifies key research gaps and suggests future directions for understanding the full ecological impact of plastic pollution in aquatic environments.
A comprehensive review of the impact of microplastics on aquatic organisms: From ingestion to ecological consequences
This comprehensive review assessed the impacts of microplastics on diverse aquatic organisms—including fish, marine mammals, mollusks, crustaceans, and microorganisms—from ingestion through ecological-level consequences. The authors found that microplastics cause physical injury, oxidative stress, endocrine disruption, and behavioral changes across taxa, with downstream effects on food web structure and ecosystem function.
Effects of Microplastic Exposure on Different Speciesin Ecosystem
This review examines the ecotoxicological effects of microplastic exposure on organisms across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, covering bioaccumulation and trophic transfer in fish, mollusks, and other species. The authors emphasize that microplastics originating from industrial processes and plastic waste pose long-term ecosystem-wide threats.
Ecotoxicological and Health Impacts of Micro- and Nanoplastics
This review explores how micro- and nanoplastics affect aquatic ecosystems and potentially human health, examining toxicity mechanisms across multiple levels of biological organization. Researchers found that particle size, polymer type, and weathering influence how these contaminants cause oxidative stress, inflammation, and endocrine disruption, while the microbial communities forming on plastic surfaces may serve as reservoirs for pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes.
Review of mechanisms and impacts of nanoplastic toxicity in aquatic organisms and potential impacts on human health
This review summarizes what we know about how nanoplastics (tiny plastic particles smaller than 1 micrometer) affect fish, shellfish, and other aquatic life, and what that could mean for people who eat seafood. Studies show nanoplastics build up in marine organisms and move up the food chain, causing oxidative stress, DNA damage, and inflammation along the way. Major gaps remain in understanding the long-term health effects of the low levels of nanoplastics people are likely exposed to through their diet.
Biological Effects and Implications of Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Aquatic Environment
This review summarizes what is known about the biological effects and implications of micro- and nanoplastics on aquatic organisms, covering a wide range of species from phytoplankton to fish. It highlights that while laboratory studies show harm at high concentrations, the effects at environmentally relevant levels are still poorly understood.
The Impact of Micro- and Nanoplastics on Aquatic Organisms: Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress and Implications for Human Health—A Review
This review examines how microplastics and nanoplastics cause oxidative stress, a harmful chemical imbalance, in aquatic organisms from plankton to fish. These tiny plastics accumulate in the food chain and may reach humans through seafood consumption. While the evidence of harm in aquatic species is growing, more research is needed to fully understand the implications for human health.
Toxicological assessment of nanoparticles and microplastics
This review examines the toxicological effects of nanoparticles and microplastics on aquatic organisms, summarizing mechanisms of harm including oxidative stress, inflammatory responses, DNA damage, tissue injury, and neurological disruption in fish. It highlights that secondary nanoplastics formed from macro- and microplastic degradation are more heterogeneous than primary particles, and that combined exposure with chemical pollutants amplifies toxicity, including the capacity to cross the blood-brain barrier in fish.
Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on biota: a review
This review examines the ecological impact of microplastics on organisms across different levels of the food chain, from plankton to fish. Researchers found that microplastic exposure triggers a range of harmful effects including oxidative stress, immune disruption, reproductive problems, and altered feeding behavior. The evidence suggests that microplastics pose a widespread toxicological threat to wildlife, though more research is needed to understand the long-term population-level consequences.
Microplastics in aquatic environments: A review on occurrence, distribution, toxic effects, and implications for human health
This review examines the global occurrence of microplastics in aquatic environments and their potential impacts on both aquatic organisms and human health. Researchers found that microplastics are now present in virtually all freshwater and marine systems, where they cause a range of harmful effects including oxidative stress, inflammation, and reproductive disruption in aquatic species. The study highlights trophic transfer, where microplastics move up the food chain, as a key pathway of human exposure.
Invisible Invaders: Ecotoxicological Impacts of Nano‐ and Microplastics in Aquatic Ecosystems
This review synthesises ecotoxicological research on nano- and microplastics (NMPs) in aquatic environments, covering how particle size, surface chemistry, and chemical additives increase bioavailability and cellular uptake. It documents effects across trophic levels from phytoplankton to fish and highlights trophic transfer as an escalating concern.
Biotransport and toxic effects of micro- and nanoplastics in fish model and their potential risk to humans: A review
This review examines how micro- and nanoplastics enter fish through ingestion, inhalation, and skin contact, causing damage to multiple organ systems including the brain, heart, and reproductive organs. The particles trigger harmful cellular responses such as oxidative stress, DNA damage, and mitochondrial dysfunction. The study emphasizes that these pollutants can also reach humans through the food chain, highlighting the need for strategies to reduce plastic contamination in aquatic environments.
Environmental fate, ecotoxicity biomarkers, and potential health effects of micro- and nano-scale plastic contamination
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the environmental fate, ecotoxicity biomarkers, and potential health effects of micro- and nanoscale plastic particles. Researchers summarize how these particles move through ecosystems, accumulate in organisms, and trigger biological stress responses including oxidative damage and inflammation. The study emphasizes that while growing evidence points to harmful effects, more research is needed to understand the long-term health implications of chronic low-level exposure.