Prof Matthew Campen, at the University of New Mexico, US, who led the research, said: “If we are seeing effects on placentas, then all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted. That’s not good.”
"Evaluation of precopulatory pairing behaviour and male fertility in a marine amphipod exposed to plastic additives" by: Bidemi Green-Ojo, Marina Tenório Botelho, Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro, Vicente Gomes, Mathew O. Parker, Lena Grinsted, Alex T. Ford,
"These creatures (shrimps) are commonly found on European shores, where they make up a substantial amount of the diet of fish and birds. If they are compromised it will have an effect on the whole food chain."
Update #5:
From The Guardian:
Prof Matthew Campen, at the University of New Mexico, US, who led the research, said: “If we are seeing effects on placentas, then all mammalian life on this planet could be impacted. That’s not good.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/27/microplastics-found-every-human-placenta-tested-study-health-impact
Update #4:
Rapid single-particle chemical imaging of nanoplastics by SRS microscopy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.230058212110.1073/pnas.2300582121.
by: Naixin Qian, Xin Gao, Xiaoqi Lang, and Wei Min, Jan 8, 2024
Update 3:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0269749123019486
"Evaluation of precopulatory pairing behaviour and male fertility in a marine amphipod exposed to plastic additives" by: Bidemi Green-Ojo, Marina Tenório Botelho, Gisela de Aragão Umbuzeiro, Vicente Gomes, Mathew O. Parker, Lena Grinsted, Alex T. Ford,
Environmental Pollution, Volume 341, 15 January 2024, 122946 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122946
"These creatures (shrimps) are commonly found on European shores, where they make up a substantial amount of the diet of fish and birds. If they are compromised it will have an effect on the whole food chain."
Update-2:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/11/sea-turtles-plastic-pollution/676009/
Update:
Zhiyong Liu et al., Anionic nanoplastic contaminants promote Parkinson's disease–associated α-synuclein aggregation, Science Advances (2023). https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi8716
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi8716