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sábado, 3 de março de 2012

Plastic nanoparticles affect behavior and fat metabolism in fish


Nanoparticles have many useful applications, but also raise some potential health and ecological concerns.

Now, new research shows that plastic nanoparticles are transported through the aquatic food chain and affect fish metabolism and behavior.

The full report is published Feb. 22 in the open access journal PLoS ONE. (
"Food Chain Transport of Nanoparticles Affects Behaviour and Fat Metabolism in Fish") 
Exposing fish to nanoparticles slowed their feeding behavior, and also affected metabolic parameters including weight loss and cholesterol levels and distribution. The authors, led by Tommy Cedervall, Lars-Anders Hansson and Sara Linse of Lund University in Sweden, suggest that their results could be useful for developing assays to test for nanoparticles and investigate potential biological risks associated with them.
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Citation: Cedervall T, Hansson L-A, Lard M, Frohm B, Linse S (2012) Food Chain Transport of Nanoparticles Affects Behaviour and Fat Metabolism in Fish. PLoS ONE 7(12): e32254. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032254
Financial Disclosure: This work was supported by Nano Vaccin Centre (Copenhagen), the Crafoord Foundation (Lund), Swedish Government to the Nanometer StructureConsortium (Lund), and the Swedish Research Council, VR. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing Interest Statement: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

PLEASE LINK TO THE SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE IN ONLINE VERSIONS OF YOUR REPORT (URL goes live after the embargo ends):http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032254


Fonte: EurekAlert