Microplastics: a real global threat for environment and food safety: a state of the art review

K Ziani, CB Ioniță-Mîndrican, M Mititelu, SM Neacșu… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microplastics are small plastic particles that come from the degradation of plastics,
ubiquitous in nature and therefore affect both wildlife and humans. They have been detected …

Impact of glyphosate and glyphosate‐based herbicides on the freshwater environment

R Annett, HR Habibi, A Hontela - Journal of Applied Toxicology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Glyphosate [N‐(phosphonomethyl) glycine] is a broad spectrum, post emergent
herbicide and is among the most widely used agricultural chemicals globally. Initially …

Nanoplastics impaired oyster free living stages, gametes and embryos

K Tallec, A Huvet, C Di Poi, C González-Fernández… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the marine environment, most bivalve species base their reproduction on external
fertilization. Hence, gametes and young stages face many threats, including exposure to …

Impact of pesticides on environmental and human health

MFF Bernardes, M Pazin, LC Pereira… - … studies-cells, drugs …, 2015 - books.google.com
Pesticides constitute any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing,
destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. They can also serve as plant regulators …

The effects of glyphosate and its commercial formulations to marine invertebrates: a review

V Matozzo, J Fabrello, MG Marin - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Glyphosate is the active ingredient of numerous commercial formulations of herbicides
applied in different sectors, from agriculture to aquaculture. Due to its widespread use …

Realistic environmental exposure to microplastics does not induce biological effects in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

M Revel, A Châtel, H Perrein-Ettajani, M Bruneau… - Marine pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the presence and potential toxic effects of
plastic fragments (< 400 μm) of polyethylene and polypropylene on the Pacific oyster …

Review of genotoxicity studies of glyphosate and glyphosate-based formulations

LD Kier, DJ Kirkland - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
An earlier review of the toxicity of glyphosate and the original Roundup™-branded
formulation concluded that neither glyphosate nor the formulation poses a risk for the …

Occurrence of pharmaceutical compounds and pesticides in aquatic systems

M Gonzalez-Rey, N Tapie, K Le Menach… - Marine Pollution …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the detection and quantification of APIs and other priority substances
in the Arade River estuary (Portugal) providing the usefulness of Polar Organic Compound …

Biological impacts of glyphosate on morphology, embryo biomechanics and larval behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

S Zhang, J Xu, X Kuang, S Li, X Li, D Chen, X Zhao… - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
All of these days, residues of herbicides such as glyphosate are widely distributed in the
environment. The ubiquitous use of glyphosate has drawn extensive attention to its toxicity …

Effect of glyphosate on the sperm quality of zebrafish Danio rerio

FM Lopes, ASV Junior, CD Corcini, AC da Silva… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2014 - Elsevier
Glyphosate is a systemic, non-selective herbicide widely used in agriculture worldwide. It
acts as an inhibitor of the enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase by …