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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2026

Liquid Crystal Monomers Released from LCD Displays Accumulate in Endangered Marine Cetaceans Triggering Health Concerns.

Danyang Tao, Chengzhang Li, Yajing Sun, Yuefei Ruan, Qianqian Jin, Jiaji Sun, Yichun Lu, Brian C W Kot, Paul K S Lam, Fengchang Wu and 9 more

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. PFAS-defined liquid crystal monomers: An overlooked class of organofluorine contaminants.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  2. Reply to Li et al.: Fluorinated liquid crystal monomers highlight a need for more data on emerging PFAS.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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19 authors.

Danyang TaoState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Chengzhang LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Disaster Prediction and Prevention and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China.
Yajing SunGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Disaster Prediction and Prevention and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China.
Yuefei RuanState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4696-5708
Qianqian JinSchool of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Jiaji SunSchool of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yichun LuSchool of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8475-8948
Brian C W KotState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Paul K S LamState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Fengchang WuState Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8595-2243
Jia HeBeijing Key Laboratory of Urban Hydrological Cycle and Sponge City Technology, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2615-2849
John P GiesyDepartment of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1931-9962
Kurunthachalam KannanWadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12237, USA and Department of Environmental Health Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York 12237, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1926-7456
Bo LiangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Disaster Prediction and Prevention and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China.
Wenhua LiuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Disaster Prediction and Prevention and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Marine Sciences, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China.
Lin ZhangSchool of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yunsong MuSchool of Chemistry and Life Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2112-5158
Kenneth M Y LeungState Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health and Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2164-4281
Yuhe HeSchool of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Health, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9211-4539

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs), critical substances of liquid crystal displays in consumer electronics, are persistent pollutants, posing potential threats to marine ecosystems. Despite their bioaccumulative potential, their occurrence and possible biological impacts on marine megafauna remain understudied. We investigated LCM occurrence in Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins (

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CetaceaLiquid CrystalsAnimalsDolphinsElectronic WasteEndangered SpeciesPorpoisesWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater Pollutants, ChemicalDNA damageE-wasteIndo-Pacific cetaceansLiquid crystal monomers (LCMs)Tissue enrichment

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PMID41738618
PMCPMC12980831

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