SynthesisEnvironmental health perspectives2020
Microplastic Contamination of Seafood Intended for Human Consumption: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Synthesis in Environmental health perspectives, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06603675 (Detection and Analysis of Microplastic Subtypes in the Human Respiratory System.), which is not on this map. Cited by 71 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Detection and Analysis of Microplastic Subtypes in the Human Respiratory System.
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71 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 265 citations in OpenAlex.
- Microplastic Contamination of Seafood Intended for Human Consumption: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Environmental health perspectives · 2020Pooled it
- Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Food: Dietary Toxicology Beyond Particle Counts.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026Review
- Association between Microplastic Exposure and Hepatic Dysfunction in Humans: A Cross-Sectional Study of Occupationally Exposed Individuals.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Predicting the plastic biodegradation potential within microbial lineages and across global ecosystems.Microbial genomics · 2026Article
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- Micro-and Nano-Plastic Exposure as an Emerging Risk for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Oil-Coated Nanoplastics Induce Rapid Membrane Disruption and Severe Intestinal Injury.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- A study on microplastics occurrence and dietary intake from staple foods and tap water in western Iran.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Association of Microplastics in Peripheral Blood and Pulmonary Disease: A Pilot Study.Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Article
- Can wear time, material composition, and manufacturing processes affect microplastic release from clear orthodontic aligners? A multidisciplinaryKorean journal of orthodontics · 2026Article
- Assessing Age-Specific Variability in Microplastic Intake Through Seafood Consumption: A Case Study in Central Java, Indonesia.Journal of food science · 2026Article
- Oligomeric lactic acid nanoplastics induce intrauterine growth restriction in mice by disrupting GATA2-mediated placental vascular development.PLoS biology · 2026Article
- Honey as a bioindicator of microplastic pollution: insights from industrial and special honey types.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Intestinal toxicity of functionalized polystyrene nanoplastics in NOD2 models of Crohn's disease susceptibility.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Article
- Osteoimmunological impacts of micro/nanoplastics: systemic translocation, inflammatory responses, and bone remodeling disruption.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Microplastics as an emerging driver of osteoarthritis: a translational synthesis of environmental exposure, patho-mechanisms, and public health implications.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Micro- and nanoplastics reduce the phagocytosis and intracellular killing of E. coli by THP1-Blue™ NFκB monocytes.Infection · 2025Article
- Chronic Exposure to Microplastics Induces Blood-Brain Barrier Impairment, Oxidative Stress, and Neuronal Damage in Rats.Molecular neurobiology · 2025Article
- Weighty Consequences: Pollution's Hidden Weight in the Obesity Epidemic: A Narrative Review.Current obesity reports · 2025Review
- Chronic Waterborne Exposure to Polystyrene Microplastics Induces Kupffer Cell Polarization Imbalance and Hepatic Lipid Accumulation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
11 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundMicroplastics (MPs) have contaminated all compartments of the marine environment including biota such as seafood; ingestion from such sources is one of the two major uptake routes identified for human exposure.
objectivesThe objectives were to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the levels of MP contamination in seafood and to subsequently estimate the annual human uptake.
methodsMEDLINE, EMBASE, and Web of Science were searched from launch (1947, 1974, and 1900, respectively) up to October 2020 for all studies reporting MP content in seafood species. Mean, standard deviations, and ranges of MPs found were collated. Studies were appraised systematically using a bespoke risk of bias (RoB) assessment tool.
resultsFifty studies were included in the systematic review and 19 in the meta-analysis. Evidence was available on four phyla: mollusks, crustaceans, fish, and echinodermata. The majority of studies identified MP contamination in seafood and reported MP content DISCUSSION: This is the first systematic review, to our knowledge, to assess and quantify MP contamination of seafood and human uptake from its consumption, suggesting that action must be considered in order to reduce human exposure via such consumption. Further high-quality research using standardized methods is needed to cement the scientific evidence on MP contamination and human exposures. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP7171.
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