A review on microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment: Their occurrence, exposure routes, toxic studies, and potential effects on human health

S Sangkham, O Faikhaw, N Munkong, P Sakunkoo… - Marine pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are emerging environmental pollutants,
having a major ecotoxicological concern to humans and many other biotas, especially …

Microplastics in the freshwater and terrestrial environments: Prevalence, fates, impacts and sustainable solutions

JKH Wong, KK Lee, KHD Tang, PS Yap - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous occurrences of microplastics in the environment have raised much concern
and resulted in voluminous studies related to microplastics. Studies on microplastics …

Underestimated health risks: polystyrene micro-and nanoplastics jointly induce intestinal barrier dysfunction by ROS-mediated epithelial cell apoptosis

B Liang, Y Zhong, Y Huang, X Lin, J Liu, L Lin… - Particle and fibre …, 2021 - Springer
Background Micro-and nanoplastic pollution has become a global environmental problem.
Nanoplastics in the environment are still hard to detect because of analysis technology …

Evidence of microplastic translocation in wild-caught fish and implications for microplastic accumulation dynamics in food webs

HK McIlwraith, J Kim, P Helm, SP Bhavsar… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The presence of microplastics within the gut of animals is well documented. Whether
microplastics bioaccumulate in organisms and biomagnify in food webs remains unclear …

Environmental health impacts of microplastics exposure on structural organization levels in the human body

X Yang, YB Man, MH Wong, RB Owen… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous prevalence of microplastics pollution has raised concerns about
microplastics' potential risks and impacts on the global environment. However, the potential …

Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of microplastics in aquatic systems

V Nava, ML Frezzotti, B Leoni - Applied Spectroscopy, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Raman spectroscopy is gaining ground in the analysis of microplastics, especially due to its
high spatial resolution that allows the investigation of small plastic particles, whose numeric …

Characterizing microplastic hazards: which concentration metrics and particle characteristics are most informative for understanding toxicity in aquatic organisms?

LM Thornton Hampton, SM Brander, S Coffin… - Microplastics and …, 2022 - Springer
There is definitive evidence that microplastics, defined as plastic particles less than 5 mm in
size, are ubiquitous in the environment and can cause harm to aquatic organisms. These …

Abundance, composition, and potential intake of microplastics in canned fish

R Akhbarizadeh, S Dobaradaran, I Nabipour… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
The existence of microplastics (MPs) in canned fish (tuna and mackerel) samples was
investigated and their composition, possible sources and potential intake were assessed …

Uptake routes of microplastics in fishes: practical and theoretical approaches to test existing theories

S Roch, C Friedrich, A Brinker - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Microplastics are frequently detected in the gastrointestinal tracts of aquatic organisms
worldwide. A number of active and passive pathways have been suggested for fish …

Microplastics contamination in food and beverages: Direct exposure to humans

M Jin, X Wang, T Ren, J Wang… - Journal of Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Since microplastics (MPs) bring the potential risks to human health when plastics are
ingested, more needs to be known about the presence and abundance of human ingestion …