Microplastic toxicity: A review of the role of marine sentinel species in assessing the environmental and public health impacts

• Published in: Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
• Main Authors: Christina Biamis, Kieran O’ Driscoll, Gary Hardiman
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Microplastics; Plastic-derived EDCs; Bioaccumulation; Trophic transfer; Transgenerational inheritance; Epigenetics; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Chemical engineering; TP155-156; Fulmar; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2020.100073; https://doaj.org/article/1e88a1bf87774135a4b4201f02ff5eab

The ubiquity of plastics is a concern for the health of humans and marine ecosystems. Plastics and their composite endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are associated with adverse health outcomes in humans and marine species. With continued plastic production, waste mismanagement and global populat...