Nanoplastics have been found in the brain, lungs, arteries, semen and placenta. But the harms are still unknown.
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Nanoplastics are the smallest microplastics, far narrower than a human hair. Very little is known about their composition, structure or how they break down in the environment.
Microplastics are created when everyday products – including clothes, food and beverage packaging, home furnishings, plastic bags, toys and toiletries – degrade.
Alternative food containers, such as those made of bioplastics, are being promoted as a way to reduce our exposure to plastic in food. But there is still a lack of knowledge around their impacts.
Nigeria generates 2.5 million tonnes of plastic waste yearly. Research and public enlightenment can help address the problem.
Nanoplastics and arsenic can affect some of the most basic functions of oysters.
The discovery that such a common animal can rapidly produce vast numbers of nanoplastics is particularly worrying.
Principais colaboradores
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Research Director, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer, Ecotoxicology and Conservation Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos
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Postdoctoral Researcher, University College Cork
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Professor/Professeure titulaire, Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
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PhD student at the Cervo Brain Research Centre, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
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Professeur du MNHN, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Chercheur en Toxicologie, Inrae
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Professeur de Toxicologie et de Biochimie, Université Paris Cité
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Ingénieure de Recherche, Université Paris Cité
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Assistant Professor oif Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Animal Development, Leiden University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Molecular Biology and Nanotoxicology, Leiden University
