Nanoatrazine Builds Up in Algae but Barely Moves Up the Aquatic Food Chain
A new study shows that polymer-encapsulated nanoatrazine accumulates in freshwater microalgae but is not detected in the zooplankton that graze ...
Tag: trophic transfer
Microplastics Are Supercharging Toxic Pesticides in Farmed Fish, Review Warns
A new review finds that microplastics in aquaculture systems act as carriers for neurotoxic synthetic pyrethroids, reshaping how these pesticides ...
The Plastic Nile: Toxic Cargo of Microplastics Threatens River Life and Human Health
A new scoping review finds that microplastics in the Nile River carry heavy metals, organic pollutants, and antibiotics into fish ...
Plastic Particles Are Everywhere in the World’s Protected Wetlands, First Global Review Finds
The first systematic global review finds microplastics are ubiquitous in Ramsar wetlands, with rising contamination, polyethylene and polypropylene dominating, and ...
Tiny Seafloor Worms Emerge as Surprising Players in the Ocean Plastic Mystery
New microcosm experiments show that marine nematodes sequester microplastics only at very high particle densities, with opportunistic non-selective feeders doing ...
Crustaceans Reveal the Full Toxic Toll of Microplastics and Nanoplastics
A comprehensive review in Ecotoxicology synthesizes how microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in crustaceans and drive damage from oxidative stress and ...
From Soil to Plate: How Tiny Plastics Climb the Food Chain
A new review synthesizes how micro- and nanoplastics enter plants and may pass to animals, while cautioning that evidence of ...
Woodlice Emerge as Powerful Living Sensors of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution
A new review synthesizes decades of research showing that woodlice accumulate heavy metals in their hepatopancreas at extraordinary concentrations, making ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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