ReviewToxics2021
Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects.
Review in Toxics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06107933 (Developmental Impacts of MicroPLastics Exposure in Early Life), which is not on this map. Cited by 87 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Developmental Impacts of MicroPLastics Exposure in Early Life
Who cites it
87 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 318 citations in OpenAlex.
- The neurotoxic threat of micro- and nanoplastics: evidence from In Vitro and In Vivo models.Archives of toxicology · 2025Pooled it
- Influence of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastic morphology on bacterial survival during thermal and ultraviolet-C inactivation in aqueous systems.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
- Microplastics in the Female Genital Tract and Fetoplacental Continuum: A Lesion-Based Framework for Pathophysiological Interpretation.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026Review
- Effects of micro- and nano-plastics exposure on cellular senescence: an overview.Archives of toxicology · 2026Review
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- Assessment of microplastics on the coastal urban waterways in a developing country: a spectrometric study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Influence of temperature and storage time on microplastic release from packaged sausages.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Microplastic contamination in cheese from traditional and industrial production systems.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- Polystyrene nanoparticles promote endometrial cancer development through the ACSS2-mediated reprogramming of arachidonic acid metabolism.Cell death discovery · 2026Article
- Micro- and Nanoplastics Exposure Across the Lifespan: One Health Implications for Aging and Longevity.Journal of xenobiotics · 2026Review
- Contact-Accessible Silver Nanoparticle-Decorated Electrospun Carbon Fibers for Microplastics Detection by SERS.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Beyond Removal: A Critical Review of Microplastic Mass Flux, In-Plant Transformation, and Elimination in WWTPs.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- [Microplastic and skin-an update].Dermatologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026Review
- Disruption of estrogen signaling by developmental exposure to BPA and TBT causes long term functional deficits in zebrafish retina.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- Microplastics in neonates: an overlooked cost of parenteral nutrition.Frontiers in public health · 2026Observational
- Micro/nanoplastics pollution: emerging challenges for aquatic animals and food crops.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Review
- A novel non-invasive imaging technique for mapping microplastic accumulation and distribution in different organ systems of Indian major carpCurrent research in toxicology · 2026Article
27 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Recently, studies on microplastics (MPs) have increased rapidly due to the growing awareness of the potential health risks related to their occurrence. The first part of this review is devoted to MP occurrence, distribution, and quantification. MPs can be transferred from the environment to humans mainly through inhalation, secondly from ingestion, and, to a lesser extent, through dermal contact. As regards food web contamination, we discuss the microplastic presence not only in the most investigated sources, such as seafood, drinking water, and salts, but also in other foods such as honey, sugar, milk, fruit, and meat (chickens, cows, and pigs). All literature data suggest not-negligible human exposure to MPs through the above-mentioned routes. Consequently, several research efforts have been devoted to assessing potential human health risks. Initially, toxicological studies were conducted with aquatic organisms and then with experimental mammal animal models and human cell cultures. In the latter case, toxicological effects were observed at high concentrations of MPs (polystyrene is the most common MP benchmark) for a short time. Further studies must be performed to assess the real consequences of MP contamination at low concentrations and prolonged exposure.
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