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• CO-EXPOSURE TO MICROPLASTICS AND CADMIUM: EFFECTS ON DNA DAMAGE IN MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS Marina PISCOPO, Giulio SANTANIELLO, Simona AMORE, Carmela MARINARO, Anna Rita BIANCHI, Martina FALACE, Bruno BERMAN, Gennaro LETTIERI, Anna DE MAIO | Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14535

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• 07 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS AS A BARRIER AND SOURCE OF MICROPLASTICS Santo Fabio Corsino, Giuseppe Beringheli, Marco Capodici, Michele Torregrossa | Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy

  Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale

  20-04-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15576

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• THE RISING THREAT: NANO AND MICROPLASTICS INFILTRATION IN URINARY AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS Luigi MONTANO | Andrology Unit and Service of Lifestyle Medicine in UroAndrology, “S. Francesco d’Assisi” Hospital, Local Health Authority (ASL) Salerno, EcoFoodFertility Project Coordi-nation Unit, Italian Network for Environmental and Reproductive Health, Oliveto Citra, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14550

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• 01 | INTEGRATED STRATEGIES FOR PLASTIC MANAGEMENT: MONITORING, BIOLOGICAL IMPACT, AND CIRCULAR PERSPECTIVES ROUND TABLE REPORT Giorgia Görner Enrile^1|2, Antonietta Santoro³, Federica Scalia⁴, Stefania D’Angelo⁵, Annamaria Visco⁶, Andrea Pace⁷, Michele Torregrossa⁸, Dario Scalia⁹, Alessandro Aglialoro¹⁰, Salvatore Campanella¹⁰ | ¹Siciliamedica.it; ²Ilsicilia.it; ³PI, Plastamination Project, University of Salerno, Italy; ⁴Human Anatomy, University Kore, Enna, Italy; ⁵Biochemistry, University Parthenope of Naples, Italy; ⁶Life Restart Project, University of Messina, Italy; ⁷Research and Technology Transfer, University of Palermo, Italy; ⁸Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy; ⁹Plastic Free Onlus Sicily, Italy; ¹⁰Regional Environmental Protection Agency of Sicily, Italy

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  20-04-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15580

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• DEGRADATION PATHWAYS OF BIODEGRADABLE FILMS IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS: THE ROLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN MICROPLASTICS FORMATION Annalisa APICELLA, Loredana INCARNATO | Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14578

  207

• 096 | Hidden threats: trojan horse effects of microplastics enhance the toxicity of tire-wear chemicals in marine ecosystems Federica Davì, Roberta Fusco, Davide Di Paola | Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical, and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.

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  31-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15348

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• EFFECTS OF CO-EXPOSURE TO MICROPLASTICS AND CADMIUM ON THE BINDING OF PROTAMINE-LIKE PROTEINS TO DNA IN MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS Gennaro LETTIERI, Giulio SANTANIELLO, Simona AMORE, Carmela MARINARO, Marina PISCOPO | Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14573

  202

• MICRO- AND NANO-PLASTICS: HEALTH, DENTAL PRACTICE, AND ENVIRONMENT Giuseppina DE BENEDETTO¹, Veronica FOLLIERO¹, Maria Pia DI PALO¹, Leonardo AULISIO¹, Luca RINALDI², Gianluigi FRANCI¹, Federica DI SPIRITO¹ | ¹Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy; ²Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14546

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• MICROPLASTICS IN EDIBLE PLANTS: AN UNDERESTIMATED RISK IN THE HUMAN FOOD CHAIN Pasquale PERRONE, Stefania D’ANGELO | Department of Medical, Movement, and Wellbeing Sciences, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14537

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• UNTARGETED METABOLOMICS REVEALS GONADAL METABOLIC DISRUPTION IN MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS EXPOSED TO CADMIUM AND MICROPLASTICS Vera ABENANTE^1,2, Andrea INGENITO^1,2, Alessio TROTTA^1,2, Giulio SANTANIELLO³, Gennaro LETTIERI³ , Marina PISCOPO³, Jacopo TROISI^1,2,4 | ¹Theoreo S.r.l., University of Salerno; ²European Institute of Metabolomics - Fondazione EIM, Baronissi (SA); ³Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples; ⁴Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14567

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• 02 | MICROPLASTICS ENDOCRINE-DISRUPTING CHEMICALS AND HUMAN HEALTH: METABOLIC AND REPRODUCTIVE RISKS IN A ONE HEALTH PERSPECTIVE Oliana Carnevali | Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

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  20-04-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15571

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• PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON MICROPLASTIC AND NANOPLASTIC IMPACT IN VIRUS AND BACTERIAL REPLICATION Nicoletta CAPUANO^1,2, Alessia GIANNATTASIO³, Noemi CAFA’^1,2, Anna BARBATO^1,2, Mariarosa SCOGNAMIGLIO⁴, Vincenzo BELGIORNO⁵, Luca RINALDI^6, Veronica FOLLIERO^1,2, Antonio BUONERBA³, Gianluigi FRANCI^1,2 | ¹Dipartimento di Medicina, Chirurgia e Odontoiatria, Scuola Medica Salernitana, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Baronissi (SA), Italia; ²UOS di Microbiologia e Virologia, AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D’Aragona, Salerno, Italia; ³Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italia; ⁴Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italia; ⁵Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italia; ⁶Dipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute, Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14541

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• NANOPLASTICS AND IMMUNITY: INVESTIGATING THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX’S INFLUENCE ON MACROPHAGE INTERACTION WITH POLYSTYRENE NANOPARTICLES Marianna ROCA¹, Naym BLAL¹, Zeynep RENKLER², Vincenzo GUARINO², Antonia DI MOLA¹, Antonio MASSA¹, Ilaria DE MARTINO³, Velia SICILIANO³, Daniela GUARNIERI¹ | ¹Department of Chemistry and Biology, “Adolfo Zambelli”, University of Salerno; ²Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council of Italy; ³Synthetic and Systems Biology for Biomedicine Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14561

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• EXPLORING THE NEUROTOXIC POTENTIAL OF LDPE MICROPLASTICS: EVIDENCE IN VITRO AND IN VIVO ASSESSMENT Marilena MARRAUDINO^1,2, Elena RICCI^1,2, Silvia CHASSEUR^1,2, Daniela RASA'¹, Riccardo ROLANDO¹, Stefano GOTTI^1,2, Marina BOIDO^1,2 | ¹Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (NICO), Orbassano (TO), Italy; ²Department of Neuroscience ‘Rita Levi Montalcini’, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14553

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• AIRBORNE MICROPLASTICS IN WORKPLACES: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A MULTI-SITE INVESTIGATION OF PLASTIC HANDLING AND PROCESSING FACILITIES Claudia CAMPANALE¹, Leonardo BARLUCCHI², Augusta PICCARDI¹, Marcello DE ROSSI^3, Giordano MORELLI³, Jacopo LA NASA², Francesca MODUGNO², Lorenzo PALUMBO¹ | ¹Dept. of Environment & Health, National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome; ²Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa; ³Laboratory of Industryal Hygiene – ASL Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14554

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• PLASTAMINATION, HUMAN HEALTH, AND COUNTRIES’ CULTURAL ORIENTATION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY IN PREVENTING THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS ADOPTING ORGANIZATIONAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES Giuseppe PERNA¹, Rosaria MECCARIELLO², Luisa VARRIALE³ | ¹Pegaso University; ²Parthenope University DiSMMeB; ³Parthenope University DiSEGIM, Naples, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14555

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• Airborne microplastics: a Trojan horse for respiratory dysfunction and multiorgan damage

  Domiziana Picone, Adelaide Carista, Giulia Maria Giorgia Lo Piano, Olga Maria Manna, Stefano Burgio, Fabio Bucchieri, Giuseppa D'Amico, Alessandro Pitruzzella, Alberto Fucarino

  22-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.13945

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• COMPARISON OF THE POTENTIAL CHRONIC TOXICITY OF POLYPROPYLENE AND POLYLACTIC ACID TO THE AMPHIPOD GAMMARUS AEQUICAUDA Francesca BIANDOLINO¹, Ermelinda PRATO¹, Amalia AMATO^1,2, Loredana MANFRA^2,5, Giovanni LIBRALATO^2,3, Luisa ALBARANO³, Valerio ZUPO⁶, Maria COSTANTINI² | ¹National Research Council, Water Research Institute (IRSA-CNR), Taranto, Italy; ²Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy; ³Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; ⁴Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement, Naples, Italy; ⁵Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy; ⁶Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Ischia, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14534

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• 111 | Plastic contamination in bycaught yelkouan shearwater (Puffinus yelkouan) from the Mediterranean sea Marco Parolini¹, Federico Tossani¹, Federico De Pascalis², Dimitra Christidi³, Angelos Evangelidis³, Andrea Benvenuti⁴, Sara Di Leo¹, Simona Mondellini¹, Giacomo Dell’Omo⁴, Danae Portolou³, Jacopo G. Cecere², Diego Rubolini¹ | ¹Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Italy; ²Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale ISPRA, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Italy; ³Hellenic Ornithological Society, Athens, Greece; ⁴Animal Tracking, TECHNOSMART EUROPE srl, Guidonia-Montecelio, Roma, Italy.

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  31-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15363

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• 139 | Municipal and agricultural waste is increasingly complex and impacts local biodiversity electronics integrated with ai systems can help Matteo Mottica¹, Paolo Bonivento² | ¹MQuadro srl, Trieste, Italy; ²Istituto di Studi Europei “A. De Gasperi”, Roma, Italy.

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  31-03-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15391

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• COMBINED EFFECTS OF POLYSTYRENE MICROPLASTICS, NANOPLASTICS, AND MERCURY ON THE GILL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS Rossana ROMANO^1,2, Maria D. BORDALO³, Hugo C. VIEIRA³, Sílvia FS. PIRES³, Federica DI FRANCO¹, Chiara M. MOTTA⁴, Palma SIMONIELLO^1,2 | ¹Department of Science and Technology, University Parthenope, Napoli, Italy; ²International PhD Programme, UNESCO Chair “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development”, Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples, Naples, Italy; ³CESAM—Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; ⁴Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14547

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• D-ASPARTATE ALLEVIATES THE TESTICULAR DAMAGE INDUCED BY POLYSTYRENE MICROPLASTICS Sara FALVO¹, Giulia GRILLO¹, Gabriella CHIEFFI BACCARI¹, Alessandra SANTILLO¹, Imed MESSAOUDI², Maria Maddalena DI FIORE¹, Alessandra BIASI³, Maria Rosaria AMBRUOSI³, Massimo VENDITTI³ | ¹Dept. of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy; ²LR11ES41: Génétique, Biodiversité et Valorisation des Bioresources, Institut Supérieur de Biotechnologie, Université de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisia; ³Dept of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania ‘Luigi Vanvitelli’, Napoli, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14564

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• COMMERCIALLY-DERIVED MICROPLASTICS AFFECT EARLY LIFE STAGES IN PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS SEA URCHIN Amalia AMATO^1,2,3, Ermelinda PRATO⁴, Mariacristina COCCA⁵, Francesca BIANDOLINO⁴, Immacolata LIOTTA^5,6, Simone GIOIA^1,2,3, Roberta ESPOSITO¹, Davide CARAMIELLO⁷, Loredana MANFRA^1,8, Giovanni LIBRALATO^1,2, Valerio ZUPO^3, Maria COSTANTINI¹ | ¹Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy; ²Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy; ³Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Ischia Marine Centre, Ischia, Italy; ⁴National Research Council, Water Research Institute (IRSA-CNR), Taranto, Italy; ⁵Institute of Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, National Research Council of Italy, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy; ⁶Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering, University of Naples “Federico II”, Napoli, Italy; ⁷Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Marine Animal Conservation and Public Engagement, Naples, Italy; ⁸Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Rome, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14539

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• MICROPLASTICS AND ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS IN HUMAN HEALTH: FROM ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE TO CELLULAR AND EPIGENETIC IMPACT Oliana CARNEVALI | Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e dell’ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14549

  378

• DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL PROTOCOL FOR THE EXTRACTION OF SMALL MICROPLASTICS (1-5 µm) FROM BIOLOGICAL TISSUES Mary Carolin KURISINGAL CLEETUS¹, Ludovico PONTONI², Luigi ROSATI³, Massimiliano FABBRICINO², Annamaria LOCASCIO¹ | ¹Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy; ²Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy; ³Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14540

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• EFFECTS OF POLYLACTIC ACID-NANOPLASTICS ON THE INTESTINAL BARRIER: IN VITRO ANALYSIS ON HUMAN EPITHELIAL CELLS Maria Gerarda LULLO¹, Raffaella D’AURIA¹, Marianna MARINO¹, Martina LOMBARDI¹, Giovanna DELLA PORTA^1,2, Erwin Pavel LAMPARELLI¹, Rosaria MECCARIELLO³, Andrea VIGGIANO^1,2, Antonietta SANTORO^1,2 | ¹Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Salerno, Italy; ²Interdepartmental Observatory for Scientific Health Initiatives in Environmental Legislation and Disease Prevention, SHIELD, University of Salerno, Italy; ³Department of Medical, Motor and Wellness Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14560

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• ENVIRONMENTAL NANOPLASTIC ACCUMULATION AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE IN ANIMAL MODELS Beatrice ZARRILLI^1,2, Nicola B. MERCURI^2,3, Rosaria MECCARIELLO¹, Ezia GUATTEO^1,2 | ¹University of Naples ‘Parthenope’, Department of Medical, Human Movement and Well-being Sciences, Naples, Italy; ²Experimental Neurology Laboratory, Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS, Rome, Italy; ³University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Systems Medicine, Rome, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14551

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• IDENTIFICATION OF D. MELANOGASTER ENZYMES POTENTIALLY INVOLVED IN PENTACHLOROPHENOL DEGRADATION M. CASTALDO^1,2, D.M. MONTI², A. TESTA³, J. VONTAS^4,5, D. TSAKIRELLI^4,5, M.M. MONTI¹, P.A. PEDATA¹ | ¹Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (CNR-IPSP), Portici (NA), Italy; ²Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy; ³Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy; ⁴Pesticide Science Lab, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece; ⁵Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Crete, Greece

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14545

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• 10 | EFFECTS OF POLYLACTIC ACID NANOPLASTICS ON RAT SPERM PARAMETERS Maria Zelinda Romano¹, Martina Lombardi², Massimo Venditti¹, Mariagerarda Lullo², Marianna Marino², Erwin Pawel Lamparelli², Giovanna Della Porta², Antonino Testa³, Andrea Viggiano², Antonietta Santoro², Rosara Meccariello⁴ | ¹Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L Vanvitelli”, Naples Italy; ²Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Salerno, Italy; ³Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy; ⁴Department of Medical, Human Movement and Well-being Sciences, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy

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  20-04-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15579

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• 09 | POLY(LACTIC ACID) PLASTICS CONTAMINATION (PLASTINATION): ORGAN INJURIES AND UNDERLINING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS: EVIDENCE FROM IN VIVO ZEBRAFISH MODEL Marta A. Szychlinska¹, Federica Scalia², Martina Di Marco³, Giusy Vultaggio³, Maria Denise Amico³, Fabiano Capparucci⁴, Carmelo Iaria⁴, Marianna Marino⁵, Erwin Pavel Lamparelli⁵, Giovanna Della Porta⁵, Francesca Rappa³, Antonella Marino Gammazza³, Rosario Barone³, Antonino Testa⁶, Rosaria Meccariello⁷, Antonietta Santoro⁵, Francesco Cappello³ | ¹Department of Precision Medicine in Medical, Surgical and Critical Care (MEPRECC), University of Palermo, Italy; ²Department of Medicine and Surgery - Kore University of Enna, Italy; ³Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BIND), University of Palermo, Italy; ⁴Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmacological and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy; ⁵Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Italy; ⁶Department of Biological and Pharmaceutical Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Caserta, Italy; ⁷Department of Movement and Wellness Sciences, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

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  20-04-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15578

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• EVALUATION OF TRANS-EPITHELIAL PENETRATION AND MICROPLASTIC-INDUCED TISSUE DAMAGE IN A 3D MODEL OF HUMAN RESPIRATORY MUCOSA Adelaide CARISTA¹, Domiziana PICONE¹, Giulia Maria Giorgia LO PIANO¹, Olga Maria MANNA^2,3, Stefano BURGIO^3,4, Giuseppa D’AMICO¹, Margherita FERRANTE⁵, Gea OLIVERI CONTE⁵, Francesca RAPPA¹, Rosario BARONE¹, Fabio BUCCHIERI¹, Alessandro PITRUZZELLA¹, Alberto FUCARINO⁶ | ¹Department of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ²Pathologic Anatomy Unit, Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; ³Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy; ⁴Department of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, Enna, Italy; ⁵Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate "G.F. Ingrassia", Università degli Studi di Catania, Igiene e Sanità Pubblica; ⁶Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, Novedrate, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14562

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• BIODEGRADATION OF POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE MICROPLASTIC IN THE RUMEN OF CATTLE Sonia TASSONE¹, Salvatore BARBERA¹, Valentina BALESTRA², Rabeb ISSAOUI¹, Hatsumi KAIHARA¹, Stefania PRAGLIOLA³, Vincenzo VENDITTO³, Khalil ABID¹ | ¹Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari – Università di Torino; ²Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture, Politecnico di Torino; ³Dipartimento di Chimica e Biologia – Università di Salerno, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14536

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• MICRO- AND NANOPLASTIC CONTAMINATION IN HUMAN ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUES AND ITS IMPACT ON CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS Raffaele MARFELLA | Department of Advanced clinical and surgical sciences, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14548

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• 06 | FROM MACRO- TO MICROPLASTICS IN THE SOUTHERN TYRRHENIAN SEA: AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF MONITORING, IMPACTS ON BIOTA, AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES Monique Mancuso^1|2, Francesca Fabrizi^1|3, Ilaria Guardamagna¹, Chiara Anastasia Bruno¹, Teresa Bottari^1|2 | ¹Istituto per le Risorse Biologiche e le Biotecnologie Marine (IRBIM) - CNR, Messina, Italy; ²National Biodiversity Future Center (NBFC), Palermo, Italy; ³Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia, Italy

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  20-04-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15575

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• EVALUATING ENDOCRINE AND OXIDATIVE EFFECTS OF POLYLACTIC ACID NANOPLASTICS (PLA-NPs) ON BREAST CELL MODELS Maria Denise AMICO¹, Antonietta SANTORO², Erwin Pavel LAMPARELLI², Giovanna DELLA PORTA², Magdalena GORSKA-PONIKOWSKA^3,4,5, Francesca RAPPA^1,5, Fabio BUCCHIERI¹, Francesco CAPPELLO^1,5 | ¹Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (Bi.N.D.), University of Palermo, Italy; ²Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Italy; ³Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland; ⁴Department of Biophysics, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomolecular Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany; ⁵Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology (IEMEST), Palermo, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14556

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• MARINE POLLUTION: MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS AS A MODEL ORGANISM TO ASSESS MICRO- AND NANOPLASTIC IMPACT Palma SIMONIELLO¹, Rossana ROMANO¹, Vincenzo MIGLIACCIO², Gaetana NAPOLITANO¹, Lilla LIONETTI², Luigi ROSATI³, Chiara M. MOTTA³ | ¹Department of Science and Technology, Parthenope University of Naples; ²Department of Chemistry and Biology “Adolfo Zambelli”, University of Salerno; ³Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

  16-10-2025

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2025.14532

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• 04 | MICRO AND NANO-PLASTICS A NEW CONCERN FOR PUBLIC HEALTH? Margherita Ferrante, Eloise Pulvirenti | Department of Medical Sciences, Surgical and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Italy

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  20-04-2026

  https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15573

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• SWIMMING IN PLASTAMINATION: POLY-LACTIC ACID NANOPLASTICS AND SPERM FUNCTIONS Alberto CONTRI^1, Massimo VENDITTI², Alessia GLORIA¹, Marianna MARINO³, Erwin Pavel LAMPARELLI³, Giovanna DELLA PORTA³, Antonietta SANTORO³, Rosaria MECCARIELLO⁴ | ¹Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo; ²Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples; ³Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, Baronissi (SA); ⁴Department of Medical, Human Movement and Well-being Sciences, Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

  16-10-2025

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