التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
The Toxicity of Polyester Fibers in Xenopuslaevis |
| المؤلفون: |
Renato Bacchetta, Anna Winkler, Nadia Santo, Paolo Tremolada |
| المصدر: |
Water; Volume 13; Issue 23; Pages: 3446 |
| بيانات النشر: |
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| سنة النشر: |
2021 |
| المجموعة: |
MDPI Open Access Publishing |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
microplastics, microscopy, synthetic fabrics, tumble dryer, clothing, inflammation, gut microbiota |
| جغرافية الموضوع: |
agris |
| الوصف: |
Microplastics are practically ubiquitous and pose a serious survival challenge for many species. Most of the exposure experiments for determining the toxicological effects of microplastics were performed with a microplastic varying little in shape and size (often purchased microplastic beads), but few studies deal with non-homogeneous samples. We analyzed the effect on Xenopuslaevis larva on the early development of polyester fibers, PEFs, taken from a dryer machine in which 100% polyester fabrics were dried after washing. Three concentrations were tested. The results showed that the gastrointestinal tract, GIT, was the most affected system by PEFs which modified the normal shape of the intestine with an EC50 96 h value of 6.3 µg mL−1. Fibers were observed to press against the digestive epithelium, deforming the normal architecture of the gut, sometimes pushing deep into the epithelium until piercing it. Physical GIT occlusion was observed in a concentration-dependent manner. However, no other damages were registered. No mortality was observed, but PEF-exposed larvae showed a significant reduction in their mobility. The results of the present paper suggest that environmental samples with their heterogeneity may have adverse effects on X. laevis development. |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
text |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| Relation: |
Water Quality and Contamination; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13233446 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/w13233446 |
| الاتاحة: |
https://doi.org/10.3390/w13233446 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.7203BDC4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |