Environmental safety of nanotechnologies: The eco-design of manufactured nanomaterials for environmental remediation

I Corsi, I Venditti, F Trotta, C Punta - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanosafety is paramount considering the risks associated with manufactured nanomaterials
(MNMs) whose implications could outweigh their advantages for environmental applications …

Blue mussels (Mytilus edulis spp.) as sentinel organisms in coastal pollution monitoring: a review

J Beyer, NW Green, S Brooks, IJ Allan, A Ruus… - Marine environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
The blue mussel (Mytilus spp.) is widely used as a bioindicator for monitoring of coastal
water pollution (mussel watch programs). Herein we provide a review of this study field with …

Long-term toxicity of surface-charged polystyrene nanoplastics to marine planktonic species Dunaliella tertiolecta and Artemia franciscana

E Bergami, S Pugnalini, ML Vannuccini, L Manfra… - Aquatic toxicology, 2017 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution has been globally recognized as a critical issue for marine ecosystems and
nanoplastics constitute one of the last unexplored areas to understand the magnitude of this …

Effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on the microbiota and functional diversity of enzymes in soil

TT Awet, Y Kohl, F Meier, S Straskraba, AL Grün… - Environmental Sciences …, 2018 - Springer
Background The increasing production of nanoplastics and the fragmentation of
microplastics into smaller particles suggest a plausible yet unclear hazard in the natural …

Mussel digestive gland as a model tissue for assessing xenobiotics: an overview

C Faggio, V Tsarpali, S Dailianis - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Control strategies and routine biomonitoring programs are commonly performed worldwide
using sentinel marine invertebrates, such as mussels of the genus Mytilus, for assessing the …

Silver nanoparticles as colorimetric sensors for water pollutants

P Prosposito, L Burratti, I Venditti - Chemosensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review provides an up-to-date overview on silver nanoparticles-based materials
suitable as optical sensors for water pollutants. The topic is really hot considering the …

Effects of polystyrene microbeads in marine planktonic crustaceans

C Gambardella, S Morgana, S Ferrando… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Plastic debris accumulates in the marine environment, fragmenting into microplastics (MP),
causing concern about their potential toxic effects when ingested by marine organisms. The …

Nano-sized polystyrene affects feeding, behavior and physiology of brine shrimp Artemia franciscana larvae

E Bergami, E Bocci, ML Vannuccini, M Monopoli… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Nano-sized polymers as polystyrene (PS) constitute one of the main challenges for marine
ecosystems, since they can distribute along the whole water column affecting planktonic …

Evidence for immunomodulation and apoptotic processes induced by cationic polystyrene nanoparticles in the hemocytes of the marine bivalve Mytilus

L Canesi, C Ciacci, E Bergami, MP Monopoli… - Marine environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Polymeric nanoparticles can reach the marine environment from different sources as
weathering of plastic debris and nanowaste. Nevertheless, few data are available on their …

Evaluation of microplastic toxicity in accordance with different sizes and exposure times in the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus

JS Choi, SH Hong, JW Park - Marine environmental research, 2020 - Elsevier
The indiscriminate use of plastic has greatly increased microplastic contamination risk in the
marine environment. Microplastics can affect all marine life via the food web, from primary …