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ArticlePolymers2025

Effect of PET Micro/Nanoplastics on Model Freshwater Zooplankton.

Natan Rajtar, Małgorzata Starek, Lorenzo Vincenti, Monika Dąbrowska, Marek Romek, Rosaria Rinaldi, Francesca Lionetto, Mariusz Kepczynski

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Natan RajtarFaculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1906-4744
Małgorzata StarekDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analytics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna St, 30-688 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-0637-0611
Lorenzo VincentiDepartment of Mathematics and Physics "Ennio De Giorgi", University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8797-186X
Monika DąbrowskaDepartment of Inorganic Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analytics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna St, 30-688 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9437-6962
Marek RomekDepartment of Cell Biology and Imaging, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, 9 Gronostajowa Street, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7631-081X
Rosaria RinaldiDepartment of Mathematics and Physics "Ennio De Giorgi", University of Salento, Via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2798-9341
Francesca LionettoDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Via Arnesano, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4466-1161
Mariusz KepczynskiFaculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7304-6881

Funding

Jagiellonian University WSPR.WCh.1.9.2023.9(1)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Micro- and nanoplastic pollutants are among the major environmental challenges, and are exacerbated by the continuous degradation of growing amounts of plastic debris in the aquatic environment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the morphology of micro/nanoplastics (M/NPs) formed from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) by mechanical degradation in an aquatic environment, which mimics the processes in the natural environment well, and to determine the impact of these particles on model aquatic organisms. To this end, M/NPs were obtained by ball milling in an aqueous medium and the effect of milling length on particle size and shape was investigated. The particles obtained in an environment simulating natural conditions were irregularly shaped, and those of nanometric size tended to form aggregates of various shapes. The ingestion and toxicity of PET M/NPs to freshwater zooplankton were then assessed.

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ball millingDaphnia magnaecotoxicitynanoplasticsPETThamnocephalus platyuruszooplankton

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PMID40363040
PMCPMC12073589

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