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] 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 …

Emergence of nanoplastic in the environment and possible impact on human health

R Lehner, C Weder, A Petri-Fink… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
On account of environmental concerns, the fate and adverse effects of plastics have
attracted considerable interest in the past few years. Recent studies have indicated the …

[HTML][HTML] Current research trends of nanomedicines

Q Liu, J Zou, Z Chen, W He, W Wu - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Owing to the inherent shortcomings of traditional therapeutic drugs in terms of inadequate
therapeutic efficacy and toxicity in clinical treatment, nanomedicine designs have received …

Airborne microplastics detected in the lungs of wild birds in Japan

Y Tokunaga, H Okochi, Y Tani, Y Niida, T Tachibana… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have been found in a wide range of animal species including humans.
The detection of MPs in human lungs suggests that humans inhale airborne microplastics …

[HTML][HTML] Repression of autophagy leads to acrosome biogenesis disruption caused by a sub-chronic oral administration of polystyrene nanoparticles

L Zhou, Z Yu, Y **a, S Cheng, J Gao, W Sun… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a new widespread contaminant, nanoplastics (NPs) pose a potential risk to human
health. Nevertheless, the adverse effects of NPs on the male reproductive system are poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Nano-and microplastics migration from plastic food packaging into dairy products: Impact on nutrient digestion, absorption, and metabolism

T Kaseke, T Lujic, T Cirkovic Velickovic - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
The ongoing use of plastic polymers to manufacture food packaging has raised concerns
about the presence of nano-and microplastics (NMPs) in a variety of foods. This review …

Eco-toxicity of nano-plastics and its implication on human metabolism: Current and future perspective

S Haldar, Y Muralidaran, D Míguez, SI Mulla… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current scenario, plastic pollution has become one of the serious environmental
hazard problems due to its improper handling and insufficiency in degradation. Nanoplastics …

A Safe‐by‐Design strategy towards safer nanomaterials in nanomedicines

L Yan, F Zhao, J Wang, Y Zu, Z Gu… - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The marriage of nanotechnology and medicine offers new opportunities to fight against
human diseases. Benefiting from their unique optical, thermal, magnetic, or redox properties …

[HTML][HTML] Novel iron oxide nanoparticles induce ferroptosis in a panel of cancer cell lines

R Fernández-Acosta, C Iriarte-Mesa… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of nanomaterials rationally engineered to treat cancer is a burgeoning field that has
reported great medical achievements. Iron-based polymeric nano-formulations with …