A new study from Lauren Zink and colleagues finds that #microplastics do not cross a fish's gut membrane, but can carry other contaminants, like cadmium, that do.

#ecotoxicology #AquaticToxicology #metals #cadmium #fish

"In vitro characterization of cadmium transport across the gastro-intestinal membrane of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) in the presence and absence of microplastics"

https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1hIXx4wOUn-reQ