Plastic products are made from the essential polymer mixed with a complex blend of
substances including catalyst remnants, polymerization solvents, and a wide range of other …

Control strategies and routine biomonitoring programs are commonly performed worldwide
using sentinel marine invertebrates, such as mussels of the genus Mytilus, for assessing the …

Synthetic polymer-based materials are ubiquitous in aquatic environments, where
weathering processes lead to their progressive fragmentation and the leaching of additive …

In this study, we investigated if industrial high-density polyethylene (HDPE) particles, a
model microplastic free of additives, ranging> 0–80 μm are ingested and taken up into the …

The antioxidant system of marine organisms consists of low molecular weight scavengers
and antioxidant enzymes which interact in a sophisticated network. Environmental pollutants …

As the smallest environmental microplastics (EMPs), even at nanoscale, are increasingly
present in the environment, their availability and physical and chemical effects on marine …

Multi-biomarker approaches are used to assess ecosystem health and identify impacts of
environmental stress on organisms. However, exploration of large datasets by …

The presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in living organisms was described more
than 60 years ago and virtually immediately it was suggested that ROS were involved in …

Due to their hydrophobicity and relatively large surface area, microplastics (MPs) can act as
carriers of hydrophobic pollutants in the ocean and may facilitate their transfer to organisms …

Marine waters have been poorly investigated for the occurrence of pharmaceutical
contamination. Recent data confirm that pharmaceuticals occur widely in marine and coastal …