PPCPs (pharmaceutical and personal care products) and microplastics (MPs) are two types of emerging pollutants that are ubiquitous and widely concerned in the environment. Both of them can accumulate in fish or aquatic invertebrates and transfer to offspring, thereby producing toxic effects on both parents and offspring, in which the characteristics of MPs also enable them to adsorb PPCPs thus producing carrier effects. In this study, we have conducted a comprehensive review of MPs and PPCPs and found that MPs can act as a carrier of PPCPs to influence the bioaccumulation of PPCPs. MPs and PPCPs have toxicity and transgenerational effects on both fish and aquatic invertebrates in many aspects, and MPs can also affect the toxicity and transgenerational effects of PPCPs due to their carrier effects. This paper revealed that MPs may have an important impact on the bioavailability of PPCPs and the interaction between MPs and PPCPs is a hot topic in future research. This study also puts forward the shortcomings of the current research and related suggestions, and relevant research should be carried out as soon as possible to provide the basis for the prevention and treatment of fresh water.
A review of the influences of microplastics on toxicity and transgenerational effects of pharmaceutical and personal care products in aquatic environment.
Ranran Zhou,G. Lu,Zhenhua Yan,Runren Jiang,Xuhui Bao,Ping Lu
Published 2020 in Science of the Total Environment
ABSTRACT
PUBLICATION RECORD
- Publication year
2020
- Venue
Science of the Total Environment
- Publication date
2020-05-11
- Fields of study
Medicine, Environmental Science
- Identifiers
- External record
- Source metadata
Semantic Scholar, PubMed
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CONCEPTS
- aquatic invertebrates
Non-vertebrate aquatic organisms considered in the review as exposed recipients of contaminants.
- bioaccumulation
The buildup of contaminants within organisms after environmental exposure.
- carrier effect
The ability of microplastics to adsorb other contaminants and transport them in the environment or organisms.
Aliases: adsorptive transport, vector effect
- fish
Aquatic vertebrate organisms used in the review as a recipient group for contaminant exposure.
- microplastics
Small plastic particles present in the aquatic environment and discussed here as an emerging pollutant class.
Aliases: MPs, microplastic particles
- pharmaceutical and personal care products
Chemical contaminants from medicines and personal care products that occur in aquatic systems.
Aliases: PPCPs
- toxicity
The harmful biological effects caused by exposure to contaminants in aquatic organisms.
- transgenerational effects
Biological effects that are transmitted from exposed parents to their offspring.
Aliases: inheritance of effects, offspring effects