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 …

[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 …

Micro (nano) plastics pollution and human health: How plastics can induce carcinogenesis to humans?

R Kumar, C Manna, S Padha, A Verma, P Sharma… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) are key indicators of the plasticine era,
widely spread across different ecosystems. MPs and NPs become global stressors due to …

Quantitative tracing of uptake and transport of submicrometre plastics in crop plants using lanthanide chelates as a dual-functional tracer

Y Luo, L Li, Y Feng, R Li, J Yang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The uptake pathways of nanoplastics by edible plants have recently been qualitatively
investigated. There is an urgent need to accurately quantify nanoplastics accumulation in …

Impact of microplastics and nanoplastics on human health

MSL Yee, LW Hii, CK Looi, WM Lim, SF Wong, YY Kok… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastics have enormous impacts to every aspect of daily life including technology, medicine
and treatments, and domestic appliances. Most of the used plastics are thrown away by …

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 …

Effective uptake of submicrometre plastics by crop plants via a crack-entry mode

L Li, Y Luo, R Li, Q Zhou, WJGM Peijnenburg… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Most microplastics are emitted, either directly or via the degradation of plastics, to the
terrestrial environment and accumulate in large amounts in soils, representing a potential …

Immunotoxicity and intestinal effects of nano-and microplastics: a review of the literature

N Hirt, M Body-Malapel - Particle and fibre toxicology, 2020 - Springer
Background Together with poor biodegradability and insufficient recycling, the massive
production and use of plastics have led to widespread environmental contamination by nano …

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 …