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Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects.

Science of the Total Environment, 2019
Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental contaminants leading to inevitable human exposure. Even so, little is known about the effects of microplastics in human health.
J. C. Prata, J. D. da Costa, I. Lopes, A. Duarte, T. Rocha-Santos   +4 more
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Insight into microplastics in the aquatic ecosystem: Properties, sources, threats and mitigation strategies.

Science of the Total Environment, 2023
Globally recognized as emergent contaminants, microplastics (MPs) are prevalent in aquaculture habitats and subject to intense management. Aquaculture systems are at risk of microplastic contamination due to various channels, which worsens the worldwide ...
Nisar Ali, Muhammad Hamid Khan, Muhammad Ali, Sidra, Shakeel Ahmad, Adnan Khan, Ghulam Nabi, Farman Ali, Mohamed Bououdina, G. Kyzas   +9 more
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Tissue accumulation of microplastics and potential health risks in human.

Science of the Total Environment
Microplastics have become ubiquitous throughout the environment. Humans constantly ingest and inhale microplastics, increasing concerns about the health risks of microplastic exposure.
Long Zhu, Yulin Kang, Mindong Ma, Zhixin Wu, Le Zhang, Rongxuan Hu, Qiujin Xu, Jingying Zhu, Xiaohong Gu, Lihui An   +9 more
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Microplastics in human food chains: Food becoming a threat to health safety.

Science of the Total Environment, 2022
While versatile application of plastics has generated huge benefits in our life, the 'plastic end-of-life' comes with downsides of emerging concern is plastic particles within all parts of environments.
Abdullah Al Mamun, Tofan Agung Eka Prasetya, I. R. Dewi, Monsur Ahmad   +3 more
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Microplastics in three types of human arteries detected by pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS).

Journal of Hazardous Materials
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment. Human body can be exposed to microplastics through inhalation and ingestion and some microplastics can enter the blood and accumulate in various tissues and organs throughout the body.
Sheng Liu, Chenyang Wang, Yunxiao Yang, Zhiyong Du, Li Li, Meng Zhang, Siyao Ni, Zhijian Yue, Kexin Yang, Yu Wang, Xinxin Li, Yaochen Yang, Yanwen Qin, Jianrong Li, Yaoguo Yang, Ming Zhang   +15 more
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Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition.

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2019
Polymer science is one of the most revolutionary research areas of the last century, instigated by the discovery of Bakelite, the first synthetic plastic.
J. Frias, R. Nash
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Estimation of the mass of microplastics ingested - A pivotal first step towards human health risk assessment.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020
The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in the food web has been established. However, the mass of microplastics exposure to humans is not defined, impeding the human health risk assessment.
Kala Senathirajah, S. Attwood, G. Bhagwat, M. Carbery, S. Wilson, Thavamani Palanisami   +5 more
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Identification of microplastics in human placenta using laser direct infrared spectroscopy.

Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Microplastics are ubiquitous in the environment, including in food and drinking water. Consequently, there is growing concern about the human health risks associated with microplastic exposure through diet. However, the occurrence of microplastics in the
Long Zhu, Jingying Zhu, Rui Zuo, Qiu-jin Xu, Yanhua Qian, A. Lihui   +5 more
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Impact of microplastics on growth, photosynthesis and essential elements in Cucurbita pepo L.

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022
In this study, Cucurbita pepo L., one of the most cultivated, consumed and economically important crop worldwide, was used as model plant to test the toxic effects of the four most abundant microplastics identified in contaminated soils, i.e ...
I. Colzi, L. Renna, E. Bianchi, M. B. Castellani, A. Coppi, S. Pignattelli, S. Loppi, C. Gonnelli   +7 more
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Agricultural plastic mulching as a source of microplastics in the terrestrial environment.

Environmental Pollution, 2020
Plastic mulching is suspected to be a significant source of microplastics in terrestrial environments owing to its intensive application and improper disposal. However, there has been a comparative lack of studies examining this hypothesis. In this study,
Yi Huang, Qin Liu, Weiqian Jia, Changrong Yan, Jie Wang   +4 more
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