Microplastics in human food chains: Food becoming a threat to health safety

A Al Mamun, TAE Prasetya, IR Dewi… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of microplastics on fish and in human health

MS Bhuyan - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Microplastics (MPs) are regarded as a global issue due to their toxicity effects on fish and
humans. Fish is a vital origin of human protein, which is necessary for body growth …

[HTML][HTML] The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on plastics and human health

PJ Landrigan, H Raps, M Cropper, C Bald… - Annals of Global …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Lifetime accumulation of microplastic in children and adults

NH Mohamed Nor, M Kooi, NJ Diepens… - … science & technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Human exposure to microplastic is recognized as a global problem, but the uncertainty,
variability, and lifetime accumulation are unresolved. We provide a probabilistic lifetime …

A review of human exposure to microplastics and insights into microplastics as obesogens

K Kannan, K Vimalkumar - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquitous exposure of humans to microplastics (MPs) through inhalation of particles in
air and ingestion in dust, water, and diet is well established. Humans are estimated to ingest …

Plastic pollution in the marine environment

GGN Thushari, JDM Senevirathna - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
Plastic pollution is recognized as a severe anthropogenic issue in the coastal and marine
ecosystems across the world. Unprecedented and continuous accumulation of growing …

A review of microplastics in table salt, drinking water, and air: direct human exposure

Q Zhang, EG Xu, J Li, Q Chen, L Ma… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ubiquity of microplastics in aquatic and terrestrial environments and related ecological
impacts have gained global attention. Microplastics have been detected in table salt …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in wild fish from North East Atlantic Ocean and its potential for causing neurotoxic effects, lipid oxidative damage, and human health risks …

LGA Barboza, C Lopes, P Oliveira, F Bessa… - Science of the total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MP) pollution has received increased attention over the last few years.
However, while the number of studies documentating the ingestion of microplastics by fish …

Microplastics in aquatic environments: occurrence, accumulation, and biological effects

S Xu, J Ma, R Ji, K Pan, AJ Miao - Science of the total environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics, whether originating directly from industrial and household products or from the
degradation of larger plastics, are currently of intense global concern. These particles are …