New📜paper out in Aquatic Toxicology. In zebrafish, maternal exposure to the plastic additive Bisphenol S (a common replacement for BPA in many "BPA-free" products) negatively affects their male offspring. Similar to the effects of maternal estrogen exposure, male offspring hid less, decreased their shoal density in the presence of a predatory threat and reduced expression of multiple serotonin receptor genes. https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1iNej,3oDQuP1s #environment#toxicology#ecology@academicchatter
Ok, i need a #betareader for a #toxicology#shortstory about the untimely death of Dr. Patrice Piebald, who angered a lot of people, and died three times as a result.
In a study, researchers say that humans may unknowingly breathe in approximately 16.2 bits of microplastic per hour. This amount is equivalent to the size of a credit card over the course of a week.