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NANOPLASTICS AS EMERGING POLLUTANTS: Investigating Risks to Reproductive Health of Terrestrial Mammals<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Start date<\/strong>: 01\/09\/2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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End date<\/strong>: 31\/08\/2028<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Project PID2023-150392OB-I00 funded by MICIU\/AEI\/ 10.13039\/501100011033 and by ERDF\/EU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plastic pollution is a growing global environmental challenge. In the environment, plastics break down creating massive amounts of smaller particles: microplastics (MPLs, <5 mm) and nanoplastics (NPLs, <1 \u00b5m). Their widespread distribution, persistence, and small size make them highly bioavailable, raising serious concerns about their potential harmful effects on wildlife and human health. Given that reproductive function is highly sensitive to pollutants, MPLs and NPLs may impact fertility of the exposed individuals and pose risks to future generations. Nonetheless, the consequences of MPLs and NPLs exposure on mammalian reproduction remain unclear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project aims to investigate the effects of multigenerational chronic NPLs exposures on the reproductive function and fertility of terrestrial mammals<\/strong>, using the laboratory mouse as a model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our research focuses on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Evaluating the potential toxicological effects<\/strong> of NPLs exposure on reproductive function, including:\n