Microplastics: Detection in human samples, cell line studies, and health impacts
Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research · King Saud University · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Microplastics (MPs) are in all environmental compartments, including atmosphere, terrestrial, and aquatic environments as well as in marine organisms, foods, drinking water, and indoor and outdoor environments. MPs can enter the human body through the food chain and contaminated environment. Ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact are the routes of their entry into the human body. Recent studies reporting the detection of MPs within the human body have raised concern among the scientific community as the knowledge about human exposure is still very limited and their impact on health is not well-understood yet. In this review article, we briefly cover the reports evidencing MP detection within the human body,…
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- 16.71
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- 100%
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3Topics & keywords
- Microplastics
- Human health
- Food chain
- Human breast milk
- Environmental health
- Human cell
- Aquatic environment
- Ingestion
- Life below water