1. Chemicals sorbed to environmental microplastics are toxic to early life stages of aquatic organisms
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Bruno Grassl, Marco Faimali, Francesca Garaventa, Bettie Cormier, Kim Van Arkel, Tania Tato, Jérôme Cachot, Chiara Gambardella, Florane Le Bihanic, Fabienne Lagarde, Bénédicte Morin, Xavier Cousin, Ricardo Beiras, Anna Kärrman, Florian Dubocq, Cloé Veclin, Marie-Laure Bégout, Quentin Perdriat, Soazig Lemoine, Elisa Costa, Örebro University, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements OCéaniques (EPOC), Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute for the Study of the Anthropic Impacts and the Sustainability in the Marine Environment (IAS), National Research Council of Italy | Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), University of Vigo [ Pontevedra], Institut des sciences analytiques et de physico-chimie pour l'environnement et les materiaux (IPREM), Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Race for Water Foundation, Biologie des Organismes et Ecosystèmes Aquatiques (BOREA), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA), Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans (IMMM), Le Mans Université (UM)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génétique Animale et Biologie Intégrative (GABI), AgroParisTech-Université Paris-Saclay-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Laboratoire Service d' Experimentations Aquacoles [Palavas les Flots] (LSEA MARBEC), MARine Biodiversity Exploitation and Conservation (UMR MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Spanish Government (MINECO) PCIN-2015-187-C03-03CTM2016-77945C3, Grant 'Program of Consolidation and structuring of competitive research groups in the University system of Galicia' by the Galician Government ED431C 2017/46, Italian Government: 2017WERYZP, University of Bordeaux (IdEx), ANR-15-JOCE-0002,EPHEMARE,Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics in marine ecosystems(2015), UMR 5805 Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux (EPOC), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Université des Antilles (UA), and Université Paris-Saclay-AgroParisTech-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)
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Jellyfish ,Aquatic Organisms ,Scyphozoa ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Microplastics ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,Ecotoxicology ,01 natural sciences ,Environmental pollution ,GE1-350 ,Islands ,[SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment ,Cadmium ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,biology ,Chemistry ,Aquatic ecosystem ,General Medicine ,Contamination ,Leachates ,Pollution ,2510.92 Acuicultura Marina ,s Aquatic organisms ,TD172-193.5 ,Aquatic organisms ,2401.06 Ecología Animal ,Environmental chemistry ,Archipelago ,Environmental microplastics ,Early life stage ,chemistry.chemical_element ,biology.animal ,Animals ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,14. Life underwater ,Ecosystem ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,021110 strategic, defence & security studies ,geography ,Life Cycle Stages ,Early life stages ,Toxicity ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Aquatic animal ,Environmental sciences ,[CHIM.POLY]Chemical Sciences/Polymers ,13. Climate action ,Sea Urchins ,Ecotoxicity ,3214 Toxicología ,Water Pollutants, Chemical - Abstract
Microplastics are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems, but little information is currently available on the dangers and risks to living organisms. In order to assess the ecotoxicity of environmental microplastics (MPs), samples were collected from the beaches of two islands in the Guadeloupe archipelago, Petit-Bourg (PB) located on the main island of Guadeloupe and Marie-Galante (MG) on the second island of the archipelago. These samples have a similar polymer composition with mainly polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). However, these two samples are very dissimilar with regard to their contamination profile and their toxicity. MPs from MG contain more lead, cadmium and organochlorine compounds while those from PB have higher levels of copper, zinc and hydrocarbons. The leachates of these two samples of MPs induced sublethal effects on the growth of sea urchins and on the pulsation frequency of jellyfish ephyrae but not on the development of zebrafish embryos. The toxic effects are much more marked for samples from the PB site than those from the MG site. This work demonstrates that MPs can contain high levels of potentially bioavailable toxic substances that may represent a significant ecotoxicological risk, particularly for the early life stages of aquatic animals. National Funding Agency | Ref. ANR-15-JOCE-0002-01 Italian Government | Ref. 2017WERYZP Ministerio de Economía | Ref. PCIN-2015-187-C03-03 Ministerio de Economía | Ref. CTM2016-77945-C3 Xunta de Galicia | Ref. ED431C 2017/46
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- 2021