Control strategies and routine biomonitoring programs are commonly performed worldwide
using sentinel marine invertebrates, such as mussels of the genus Mytilus, for assessing the …

Microplastics, plastic particles and fragments smaller than 5 mm, are ubiquitous in the
marine environment. Ingestion and accumulation of microplastics have previously been …

Microplastic fibers (MPF) are a ubiquitous marine contaminant, making up to 90% of global
microplastic concentrations. Imaging flow cytometry was used to measure uptake and …

This study compared species identity, microplastics, chemical and microbial contamination
between consumption mussels and wild type mussels, collected at Belgian department …

Samples of polyethylene pellets were collected at 30 beaches from 17 countries and
analyzed for organochlorine compounds. PCB concentrations in the pellets were highest on …

We chronicle the extensive influence over the past forty years of Professor Edward D.
Goldberg and his call in 1975 for a “Mussel Watch” or bivalve sentinel organism approach to …

Mothers' milk from Chennai (formerly Madras), India and three other places Perungudi, the
municipal dum** site of south Chennai area (situated at the suburb of Chennai) …

Abstract DDT (1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane) is probably the best known
and most useful organochlorine insecticide in the world which was used since 1945 for …

Contamination of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as PCBs (polychlorinated
biphenyls), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) isomers …

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been used in a wide range of agricultural and
industrial commodities, resulting in vigorous deterioration of environment and human health …