An exploratory ecotoxicity study of primary microplastics versus aged in natural waters and wastewaters.

This study suggests that aging of microplastics in wastewaters and natural waters did not significantly enhance the toxicity to selected test species, but further studies on plants may be of interest. PMID: 31401519 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31401519?dopt=Abstract

Source: Environmental Pollution - August 1, 2019 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Jemec Kokalj A, Kuehnel D, Puntar B, Žgajnar Gotvajn A, Kalčikova G Tags: Environ Pollut Source Type: research

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