Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations
- Autores
- Ribba, Laura Gabriela; Lopretti, Mary; Montes de Oca Vásquez, Gabriela; Batista, Diego; Goyanes, Silvia Nair; Vega Baudrit, José Roberto
- Año de publicación
- 2022
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- inglés
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- The negative impact of plastic accumulation in aquatic ecosystems is a known and undeniable problem. However, while many of the scientific community's countermeasures against such accumulation target the effects of the most common commodity plastics, the consequences of so-called 'biodegradable' plastics in those ecosystems are seldom discussed. After all, though their alleged biodegradability sustains the widespread belief that they are harmless to the environment, because a material's fate determines its classification as biodegradable or not, many plastics classified as biodegradable do not in fact meet the required norms and standards of biodegradability in aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, during the past five years, the scientific community has shown that the degradation of such plastics can generate bio-microplastics that have effects similar to or worse than those of conventional microplastics (MPs). Against that background, this review details the latest findings regarding how biodegradable plastics can influence aquatic ecosystems and thus cause adverse health effects in living organisms and/or act as vectors of chemical pollutants. Beyond that, it identifies the key aspects of such trends to be investigated in greater depth, including the need to consider a wider variety of biodegradable plastics and to develop systematic methods that allow quantifying and identifying the remains of those pollutants in living species. Other aspects worth considering include the arrival and mobilisation dynamics of MPs in oceans. The ways in which small animals fed by filtering (e.g. red crabs and other zooplankton organisms) move MPs through the water column and into food webs also merit attention, for those MPs are ingested by numerous species at different trophic levels, at which point bioaccumulation in tissues has to be considered as a factor of toxicity. This review closes with a series of recommendations and perspectives for future studies on 'biodegradable plastics' in aquatic ecosystems.
Fil: Ribba, Laura Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Lopretti, Mary. Universidad de la República; Uruguay
Fil: Montes de Oca Vásquez, Gabriela. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia;
Fil: Batista, Diego. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia;
Fil: Goyanes, Silvia Nair. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Vega Baudrit, José Roberto. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia; - Materia
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendationsRibba, Laura GabrielaLopretti, MaryMontes de Oca Vásquez, GabrielaBatista, DiegoGoyanes, Silvia NairVega Baudrit, José RobertoBIODEGRADABLEMICROPLASTICSTERMhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2The negative impact of plastic accumulation in aquatic ecosystems is a known and undeniable problem. However, while many of the scientific community's countermeasures against such accumulation target the effects of the most common commodity plastics, the consequences of so-called 'biodegradable' plastics in those ecosystems are seldom discussed. After all, though their alleged biodegradability sustains the widespread belief that they are harmless to the environment, because a material's fate determines its classification as biodegradable or not, many plastics classified as biodegradable do not in fact meet the required norms and standards of biodegradability in aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, during the past five years, the scientific community has shown that the degradation of such plastics can generate bio-microplastics that have effects similar to or worse than those of conventional microplastics (MPs). Against that background, this review details the latest findings regarding how biodegradable plastics can influence aquatic ecosystems and thus cause adverse health effects in living organisms and/or act as vectors of chemical pollutants. Beyond that, it identifies the key aspects of such trends to be investigated in greater depth, including the need to consider a wider variety of biodegradable plastics and to develop systematic methods that allow quantifying and identifying the remains of those pollutants in living species. Other aspects worth considering include the arrival and mobilisation dynamics of MPs in oceans. The ways in which small animals fed by filtering (e.g. red crabs and other zooplankton organisms) move MPs through the water column and into food webs also merit attention, for those MPs are ingested by numerous species at different trophic levels, at which point bioaccumulation in tissues has to be considered as a factor of toxicity. This review closes with a series of recommendations and perspectives for future studies on 'biodegradable plastics' in aquatic ecosystems.Fil: Ribba, Laura Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Lopretti, Mary. Universidad de la República; UruguayFil: Montes de Oca Vásquez, Gabriela. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia;Fil: Batista, Diego. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia;Fil: Goyanes, Silvia Nair. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Vega Baudrit, José Roberto. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia;IOP Publishing2022-03info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/161031Ribba, Laura Gabriela; Lopretti, Mary; Montes de Oca Vásquez, Gabriela; Batista, Diego; Goyanes, Silvia Nair; et al.; Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations; IOP Publishing; Environmental Research Letters; 17; 3; 3-2022; 1-241748-9326CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac548dinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1088/1748-9326/ac548dinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:03:33Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/161031instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:03:33.511CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations Ribba, Laura Gabriela BIODEGRADABLE MICROPLASTICS TERM |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations |
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Biodegradable plastics in aquatic ecosystems: Latest findings, research gaps, and recommendations |
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Ribba, Laura Gabriela Lopretti, Mary Montes de Oca Vásquez, Gabriela Batista, Diego Goyanes, Silvia Nair Vega Baudrit, José Roberto |
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The negative impact of plastic accumulation in aquatic ecosystems is a known and undeniable problem. However, while many of the scientific community's countermeasures against such accumulation target the effects of the most common commodity plastics, the consequences of so-called 'biodegradable' plastics in those ecosystems are seldom discussed. After all, though their alleged biodegradability sustains the widespread belief that they are harmless to the environment, because a material's fate determines its classification as biodegradable or not, many plastics classified as biodegradable do not in fact meet the required norms and standards of biodegradability in aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, during the past five years, the scientific community has shown that the degradation of such plastics can generate bio-microplastics that have effects similar to or worse than those of conventional microplastics (MPs). Against that background, this review details the latest findings regarding how biodegradable plastics can influence aquatic ecosystems and thus cause adverse health effects in living organisms and/or act as vectors of chemical pollutants. Beyond that, it identifies the key aspects of such trends to be investigated in greater depth, including the need to consider a wider variety of biodegradable plastics and to develop systematic methods that allow quantifying and identifying the remains of those pollutants in living species. Other aspects worth considering include the arrival and mobilisation dynamics of MPs in oceans. The ways in which small animals fed by filtering (e.g. red crabs and other zooplankton organisms) move MPs through the water column and into food webs also merit attention, for those MPs are ingested by numerous species at different trophic levels, at which point bioaccumulation in tissues has to be considered as a factor of toxicity. This review closes with a series of recommendations and perspectives for future studies on 'biodegradable plastics' in aquatic ecosystems. Fil: Ribba, Laura Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Física; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Lopretti, Mary. Universidad de la República; Uruguay Fil: Montes de Oca Vásquez, Gabriela. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia; Fil: Batista, Diego. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia; Fil: Goyanes, Silvia Nair. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Ciudad Universitaria. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires; Argentina Fil: Vega Baudrit, José Roberto. Laboratorio Nacional de Nanotecnologia (lanotec) ; Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnologia; |
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The negative impact of plastic accumulation in aquatic ecosystems is a known and undeniable problem. However, while many of the scientific community's countermeasures against such accumulation target the effects of the most common commodity plastics, the consequences of so-called 'biodegradable' plastics in those ecosystems are seldom discussed. After all, though their alleged biodegradability sustains the widespread belief that they are harmless to the environment, because a material's fate determines its classification as biodegradable or not, many plastics classified as biodegradable do not in fact meet the required norms and standards of biodegradability in aquatic ecosystems. Furthermore, during the past five years, the scientific community has shown that the degradation of such plastics can generate bio-microplastics that have effects similar to or worse than those of conventional microplastics (MPs). Against that background, this review details the latest findings regarding how biodegradable plastics can influence aquatic ecosystems and thus cause adverse health effects in living organisms and/or act as vectors of chemical pollutants. Beyond that, it identifies the key aspects of such trends to be investigated in greater depth, including the need to consider a wider variety of biodegradable plastics and to develop systematic methods that allow quantifying and identifying the remains of those pollutants in living species. Other aspects worth considering include the arrival and mobilisation dynamics of MPs in oceans. The ways in which small animals fed by filtering (e.g. red crabs and other zooplankton organisms) move MPs through the water column and into food webs also merit attention, for those MPs are ingested by numerous species at different trophic levels, at which point bioaccumulation in tissues has to be considered as a factor of toxicity. This review closes with a series of recommendations and perspectives for future studies on 'biodegradable plastics' in aquatic ecosystems. |
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