Alice A Horton, Lesley Henderson, Cressida Bowyer, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Samantha L Garrard, Nieke Monika Kulsum, Deirdre McKay, Imali Manikarachchige, Sreejith Sreekumar, Thomas Stanton
{"title":"Towards a 'theory of change' for ocean plastics: a socio-oceanography approach to the global challenge of plastic pollution.","authors":"Alice A Horton, Lesley Henderson, Cressida Bowyer, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Samantha L Garrard, Nieke Monika Kulsum, Deirdre McKay, Imali Manikarachchige, Sreejith Sreekumar, Thomas Stanton","doi":"10.1186/s43591-025-00127-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-025-00127-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Socio-oceanography is an emerging field which mobilises insights from natural and social sciences to explore the inter-connectedness of societal relationships with the ocean and to adopt a holistic approach to solving key oceanographic and societal challenges. It is within this specific context that we explore and reflect upon diverse communities in relation to engaging with plastic pollution in the ocean, one of the foremost socio-environmental challenges of our time. We establish definitions of 'community', arguing that communities are not 'out there' waiting to be engaged with but are dynamic and (re)constituted in four key contexts - geographical, practical, virtual, and circumstantial. We outline some 'rules of engagement' and draw upon several international case studies in the context of plastic pollution to evidence and emphasise the value of working with members of diverse communities to better address socio-oceanographic challenges. In the context of plastic pollution, communities have a vital role to play in terms of co-creating knowledge, lived experience, diverse expertise, and agency to bring about social change. Given the ubiquity of plastics in our day-to-day lives, and subsequently as an environmental pollutant, no community is unaffected by this issue. Relating to socio-oceanography, we argue that structural power imbalances in terms of how diverse communities and natural scientists are traditionally positioned within academic research mean that 'formal' scientific knowledge is frequently privileged, and members of communities risk being positioned as 'empty vessels'. Moving away from this 'deficit' model where knowledge is simply <i>transferred</i> or alternatively <i>extracted</i> from communities allows us to progress towards an inclusive 'socio-oceanography in society' approach, where members of communities are valued as vital in prioritising and addressing socio-oceanography issues which affect everyday life. Accessibility, openness, ethics and fairness in data are also essential in ensuring that research outcomes can be applied widely outside the academic community.</p><p><strong>Graphical abstract: </strong></p>","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"5 1","pages":"20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12075391/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144082599","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I F Gosselink, P Leonhardt, E M Höppener, R Smelt, M J Drittij, M Davigo, G G H van den Akker, I M Kooter, T J M Welting, F J van Schooten, A H V Remels
{"title":"Size- and polymer-dependent toxicity of amorphous environmentally relevant micro- and nanoplastics in human bronchial epithelial cells.","authors":"I F Gosselink, P Leonhardt, E M Höppener, R Smelt, M J Drittij, M Davigo, G G H van den Akker, I M Kooter, T J M Welting, F J van Schooten, A H V Remels","doi":"10.1186/s43591-025-00126-9","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s43591-025-00126-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Knowledge of the toxicological impact of micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) on the human airway epithelium is limited and almost exclusively based on experiments applying high doses of spherical polystyrene (PS) particles. In this study, we investigated the toxicity of a broad size range of amorphous MNPs generated from different environmentally-relevant polymers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) were exposed to three different doses of polyvinylchloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), or polyamide (PA) particles (< 1 μm-10 μm), as well as leachates from these polymers. Toxicity was evaluated by assessment of cytotoxicity, inflammation (IL-8 release and inflammatory gene expression) and oxidative stress (DCFH-DA assay and antioxidant gene expression). Furthermore, the molecular mechanism behind MNP-induced inflammation was investigated by studying activation of two well-known inflammation related transcriptional factors (NF-κB and AP-1).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Only PA nanoplastics induced significant cell death, IL-8 secretion and inflammatory gene expression compared to vehicle control. PA-induced inflammation was accompanied by NF-κB, but not AP-1, transcriptional activity. PA did not increase cellular ROS levels; however, it did lead to increased expression of the antioxidant gene superoxide dismutase 2. In addition to PA, exposure to < 1 µm and 1-5 µm PP particles resulted in elevated IL-8 secretion, likely due to the presence of talc added as filler. None of the leachates affected cytotoxicity or inflammation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Toxicity of MNPs to human bronchial epithelial cells was dependent on polymer type, size and dose. Nanoplastics, especially PA, were more toxic to bronchial epithelial cells than microplastics and induced cytotoxicity and an inflammatory response.</p><p><strong>Graphical abstract: </strong></p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43591-025-00126-9.</p>","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"5 1","pages":"19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12081513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144095850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Faith Chebet Tumwet, Anne Richter, Tomas Kleint, T. Scheytt
{"title":"Vertical movement of microplastics by roots of wheat plant (Triticum aestivum) and the plant response in sandy soil","authors":"Faith Chebet Tumwet, Anne Richter, Tomas Kleint, T. Scheytt","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00092-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00092-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"33 46","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141924839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristian Syberg, B. C. Almroth, M. Fernandez, Juan Baztan, Melanie Bergmann, Richard C. Thompson, Sedat Gündoğdu, Doris Knoblauch, Alessio Gomiero, Laura Monclús, Jane Muncke, Justin M. Boucher, Patricia Villarrubia Gomez, Trisia Farrelly
{"title":"Informing the Plastic Treaty negotiations on science - experiences from the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastic Treaty","authors":"Kristian Syberg, B. C. Almroth, M. Fernandez, Juan Baztan, Melanie Bergmann, Richard C. Thompson, Sedat Gündoğdu, Doris Knoblauch, Alessio Gomiero, Laura Monclús, Jane Muncke, Justin M. Boucher, Patricia Villarrubia Gomez, Trisia Farrelly","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00091-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00091-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":" 93","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141824808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily A. Christopher, Yvette Christopher-de Vries, Anitha Devadoss, L. Mandemaker, Jeske van Boxel, Helena M. Copsey, Hanna M. Dusza, Juliette Legler, Florian Meirer, Jane Muncke, Tim S. Nawrot, N. Saenen, B. Scholz-Böttcher, Lang Tran, Bert M Weckhuysen, Runyu Zou, Lisa Zimmermann, K. Galea, Roel Vermeulen, M. Boyles
{"title":"Impacts of micro- and nanoplastics on early-life health: a roadmap towards risk assessment","authors":"Emily A. Christopher, Yvette Christopher-de Vries, Anitha Devadoss, L. Mandemaker, Jeske van Boxel, Helena M. Copsey, Hanna M. Dusza, Juliette Legler, Florian Meirer, Jane Muncke, Tim S. Nawrot, N. Saenen, B. Scholz-Böttcher, Lang Tran, Bert M Weckhuysen, Runyu Zou, Lisa Zimmermann, K. Galea, Roel Vermeulen, M. Boyles","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00089-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00089-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"8 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141685968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily Lena Tran, S. Bevers, Casey Smith, Stephanie Brown, Nathan Malone, D. H. Fairbrother, J. Ranville
{"title":"Use of metal-tagged environmentally representative micro- and nanoplastic particles to investigate transport and retention through porous media using single particle ICP-MS","authors":"Emily Lena Tran, S. Bevers, Casey Smith, Stephanie Brown, Nathan Malone, D. H. Fairbrother, J. Ranville","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00087-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00087-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"42 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140981190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. L. Dawson, Utpal Bose, Dongdong Ni, Joost Laurus Dinant Nelis
{"title":"Unravelling protein corona formation on pristine and leached microplastics","authors":"A. L. Dawson, Utpal Bose, Dongdong Ni, Joost Laurus Dinant Nelis","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00086-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00086-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":" 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140692085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patrizia Pfohl, Markus Rueckel, Lars Meyer, Glauco Battagliarin, Andreas Künkel, Thorsten Hüffer, Michael Zumstein, Thilo Hofmann, Wendel Wohlleben
{"title":"Influence of plastic shape on interim fragmentation of compostable materials during composting","authors":"Patrizia Pfohl, Markus Rueckel, Lars Meyer, Glauco Battagliarin, Andreas Künkel, Thorsten Hüffer, Michael Zumstein, Thilo Hofmann, Wendel Wohlleben","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00084-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00084-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140223873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Vanavermaete, Amy Lusher, Jakob Strand, Esteban Abad, Marinella Farré, Emilie Kallenbach, Michael Dekimpe, K. Verlé, Sebastian Primpke, Stefano Aliani, Bavo De Witte
{"title":"Plastics in biota: technological readiness level of current methodologies","authors":"David Vanavermaete, Amy Lusher, Jakob Strand, Esteban Abad, Marinella Farré, Emilie Kallenbach, Michael Dekimpe, K. Verlé, Sebastian Primpke, Stefano Aliani, Bavo De Witte","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00083-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00083-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"15 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140239224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Farm animals as a critical link between environmental and human health impacts of micro-and nanoplastics","authors":"H. Aardema, A. Vethaak, J. Kamstra, J. Legler","doi":"10.1186/s43591-024-00082-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s43591-024-00082-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":74190,"journal":{"name":"Microplastics and nanoplastics","volume":"16 32","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140240681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}