The Minderoo-Monaco commission on plastics and human health

PJ Landrigan, H Raps, M Cropper, C Bald… - Annals of Global …, 2023‏ - pmc.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 …

The potential impacts of micro-and-nano plastics on various organ systems in humans

N Ali, J Katsouli, EL Marczylo, TW Gant, S Wright… - …, 2024‏ - thelancet.com
Humans are exposed to micro-and-nano plastics (MNPs) through various routes, but the
adverse health effects of MNPs on different organ systems are not yet fully understood. This …

Plastic pollution in the Arctic

M Bergmann, F Collard, J Fabres… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human
activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of …

From natural environment to animal tissues: A review of microplastics (nanoplastics) translocation and hazards studies

X Dong, X Liu, Q Hou, Z Wang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastic (NPs) pollution is a global concern due to the
massive use of plastic products. Although there have been many studies on the treatments …

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 …

Microplastics and associated contaminants in the aquatic environment: A review on their ecotoxicological effects, trophic transfer, and potential impacts to human …

W Huang, B Song, J Liang, Q Niu, G Zeng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The microplastic pollution and related ecological impacts in the aquatic environment have
attracted global attention over the past decade. Microplastics can be ingested by aquatic …

Microplastic regulation should be more precise to incentivize both innovation and environmental safety

DM Mitrano, W Wohlleben - Nature communications, 2020‏ - nature.com
The presence of plastic in the environment has sparked discussion amongst scientists,
regulators and the general public as to how industrialization and consumerism is sha** …

The kidney-related effects of polystyrene microplastics on human kidney proximal tubular epithelial cells HK-2 and male C57BL/6 mice

YL Wang, YH Lee, YH Hsu, IJ Chiu… - Environmental …, 2021‏ - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Understanding the epidemic of chronic kidney disease of uncertain etiology
may be critical for health policies and public health responses. Recent studies have shown …

Occurrence, human exposure, and risk of microplastics in the indoor environment

HK Ageel, S Harrad, MAE Abdallah - … Science: Processes & Impacts, 2022‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Microplastics (MPs) are a group of emerging contaminants that have attracted increasing
scientific and societal attention over the past decade due to their ubiquitous detection in all …

[HTML][HTML] Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

S Kühn, JA Van Franeker - Marine pollution bulletin, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This review quantifies plastic interaction in marine biota. Firstly, entanglement and ingestion
records for all marine birds, mammals, turtles, fish, and invertebrate species, are …