
Evolutive Immunology: “Nanoplastics are bioaccumulated in fish liver and muscle and cause DNA damage after a chronic exposure”
Environmental Research: Available online 14 May 2022, 113433
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113433
Abstract
The extent of the widespread, planetary contamination by plastic waste is difficult to fully capture. Nanoplastics (NPs) are currently in the center of research concerning plastic litter, both for the analytical challenges they pose and for their potential to provoke hazardous effects in organisms. However, there are still many unanswered questions in this multidisciplinary field, with a crucial missing piece being the quantification of NPs in fish tissues after in vivo exposures. Another relevant question that is still greatly unexplored is how a chronic exposure to NPs will affect fish health. This study aims to provide answers to both of these relevant knowled...