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The concept of nanoplastics has recently emerged carrying with it the idea of their possible distinct impact on aquatic organisms. Microplastics may be degraded into nanosized particles (from 1 to 1000 nm) under abiotic conditions. However, as for microplastics, the use of synthetic nanopolymers may provide an initial estimate of their toxicity and mechanisms of action on marine organisms under laboratory conditions. Engineered polystyrene nanoparticles (Amino modified-PS-NH2 and Carboxy modified- PS-COOH), has been used to study effects at different level of marine invertebrates and reported tissue accumulation and interactions with cells [1,2,3,4].
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This work was supported by the EU Commission H2020 ITN project PANDORA Probing safety of nano-objects by defining immune responses of environmental organisms (GA 671881).
Partial support was given by the Italian Antarctic Project NANOPANTA Nano-Polymers in the Antarctic marine environment and biota PNRA16_00075 B.
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Auguste, M., Balbi, T., Ciacci, C., Canesi, L. (2020). What Can Model Polystyrene Nanoparticles Can Teach Us on the Impact of Nanoplastics in Bivalves? Studies in Mytilus from the Molecular to the Organism Level. In: Cocca, M., et al. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. ICMPMS 2019. Springer Water. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_5
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