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Microplastics from face mask impairs sperm motility
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Lin, Ziyi (author)
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Li, Zijie (author)
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Ji, Shuqin (author)
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- Lo, Hoi Shing, 1993- (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för miljövetenskap
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Billah, Baki (author)
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Sharmin, Ayesha (author)
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Lui, Wing-yee (author)
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Tse, William Ka Fai (author)
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Fang, James Kar-Hei (author)
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Lai, Keng Po (author)
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Li, Lei (author)
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- 2024
- 2024
- English.
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In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. - 0025-326X .- 1879-3363. ; 203
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented plastic pollution from single-used personal protective equipment (PPE), especially face masks, in coastal and marine environments. The secondary pollutants, microplastics from face masks (mask MP), rise concern about their detrimental effects on marine organisms, terrestrial organisms and even human. Using a mouse model, oral exposure to mask MP at two doses, 0.1 and 1 mg MP/day for 21 days, caused no change in animal locomotion, total weight, or sperm counts, but caused damage to sperm motility with increased curvilinear velocity (VCL). The high-dose mask MP exposure caused a significant decrease in linearity (LIN) of sperm motility. Further testicular transcriptomic analysis revealed perturbed pathways related to spermatogenesis, oxidative stress, inflammation, metabolism and energy production. Collectively, our findings substantiate that microplastics from face masks yield adverse effects on mammalian reproductive capacity, highlighting the need for improved plastic waste management and development of environmentally friendly materials.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Microplastics
- Face mask pollution
- Sperm quality
- Reproductive toxicity
- Sperm velocity
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Lin, Ziyi
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Li, Zijie
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Stockholm University