News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved. Parent comment

Re:Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved by throwaway5752 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @12:58PM (#19514108)
I don't doubt that microplastics are not good for the environment and organisms that consume them, but can you provide a citation for the toxin concentration claim so I can learn more about it?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved by Reelin on Friday March 29, 2019 @06:00AM (#19520310)
The wording of the grandparent comment was sloppy.

You might try DOI 10.1039/C8NR09321K (https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/nr/c8nr0...).

In summary, for whatever reason it seems that nanoparticles of some plastics readily penetrate and accumulate in biological tissues. There are also chemicals that will adsorb onto these nanoparticles. This can make a chemical at a given concentration more toxic to an organism, or even potentially make something toxic that was previously not.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Garfield phones beach mystery finally solved by A2017U1 on Thursday March 28, 2019 @10:12PM (#19518567)
Top 3 results here should do fine.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nanoplastic%20toxin%20...

[ Parent | on HN ]