ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Current Insights into Monitoring, Bioaccumulation, and Potential Health Effects of Microplastics Present in the Food Chain.
Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of the potential neurotoxicity of micro-and nanoplastics: the known and unknown.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2025Pooled it
- Microplastic Contamination of Seafood Intended for Human Consumption: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Pooled it
- Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Human Diet: Sources of Exposure, Bioavailability, Toxicokinetics, and Systemic Health Effects.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Fiber to fragment: a review of microplastics from textile industry effluents, their detection, ecological impact, and sustainable microbial biodegradation strategies.Archives of microbiology · 2026Review
- All roads lead to NF-κB: the NF-κB pathway as a major target for intestinal inflammatory disorders.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Microplastics and neurotoxicity: could prenatal exposure to microplastics boost congenital enteric neuropathies?Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Review
- Environmental determinants of male infertility: emerging threats and technological interventions.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Synergistic toxicity of PFAS and microplastic mixtures across five human cell lines.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2025Article
- Microplastics' Impact on the Development of AOM/DSS-Induced Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer in Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Curcumin Mitigates Microplastic-Induced Damage in Livestock and Poultry: Mechanistic Insights and Strategies for Sustainable Farming.Veterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Polyethylene Packaging as a Source of Microplastics: Current Knowledge and Future Directions on Food Contamination.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Exposure of Polystyrene Nano- and Microplastics in Increasingly Complex In Vitro Intestinal Cell Models.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Impact of microplastics on the human digestive system: From basic to clinical.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Review
- Impact of Nanoplastics on the Functional Profile of Microalgae Species Used as Food Supplements: Insights from Comparative In Vitro and Ex Vivo Digestion Studies.Journal of agricultural and food chemistry · 2025Article
- Microplastic effects on mouse colon in normal and colitis conditions: A literature review.PeerJ · 2025Review
- Acrylamide and bisphenol A: two plastic additives increase platelet activation, via oxidative stress.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Exacerbation of polyethylene microplastics in animal models of DSS-induced colitis through damage to intestinal epithelial cell conjunctions.Current research in toxicology · 2025Article
- Microplastics in the Human Body: Exposure, Detection, and Risk of Carcinogenesis: A State-of-the-Art Review.Cancers · 2024Review
- Microplastics contamination in selected staple consumer food products.Journal of food science and technology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Microplastics (MPs) are considered an emerging issue as environmental pollutants and a potential health threat. This review will focus on recently published data on concentrations in food, possible effects, and monitoring methods. Some data are available on concentrations in seafood (fish, bivalves, and shrimps), water, sugar, salt, and honey, but are lacking for other foods. Bottled water is a considerable source with numbers varying between 2600 and 6300 MPs per liter. Particle size distributions have revealed an abundance of particles smaller than 25 µm, which are considered to have the highest probability to pass the intestinal border and to enter the systemic circulation of mammals. Some studies with mice and zebrafish with short- or medium-term exposure (up to 42 days) have revealed diverse results with respect to both the type and extent of effects. Most notable modifications have been observed in gut microbiota, lipid metabolism, and oxidative stress. The principal elements of MP monitoring in food are sample preparation, detection, and identification. Identified data gaps include a lack of occurrence data in plant- and animal-derived food, a need for more data on possible effects of different types of microplastics, a lack of in silico models, a lack of harmonized monitoring methods, and a further development of quality assurance.
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