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ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Microplastics in Fish and Fishery Products and Risks for Human Health: A Review.

Leonardo Alberghini, Alessandro Truant, Serena Santonicola, Giampaolo Colavita, Valerio Giaccone

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 206 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  4. Microplastic Exposure Disrupts Energy Homeostasis and Welfare in Goldfish.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  9. Observational
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  17. Microplastics-AssistedFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Leonardo AlberghiniDepartment of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0172-3054
Alessandro TruantDepartment of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
Serena SantonicolaDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3341-8000
Giampaolo ColavitaDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2805-6052
Valerio GiacconeDepartment of Animal Medicine, Productions and Health, University of Padova, Viale dell'Università 16, 35020 Legnaro, Italy.
University of Padua · ITUniversity of Molise · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, plastic waste has become a universally significant environmental problem. Ingestion of food and water contaminated with microplastics is the main route of human exposure. Fishery products are an important source of microplastics in the human diet. Once ingested, microplastics reach the gastrointestinal tract and can be absorbed causing oxidative stress, cytotoxicity, and translocation to other tissues. Furthermore, microplastics can release chemical substances (organic and inorganic) present in their matrix or previously absorbed from the environment and act as carriers of microorganisms. Additives present in microplastics such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), bisphenol A (BPA), nonylphenol (NP), octylphenol (OP), and potentially toxic elements can be harmful for humans. However, to date, the data we have are not sufficient to perform a reliable assessment of the risks to human health. Further studies on the toxicokinetics and toxicity of microplastics in humans are needed.

Indexed as

MicroplasticsWater Pollutants, ChemicalAnimalsEnvironmental MonitoringFisheriesFishesHumansPlasticsMicroplasticsPlasticsWater Pollutants, Chemicalenvironmentfishery productshuman healthmicroplastics

Identifiers

PMID36613111
PMCPMC9819327
OpenAlexW4313472052

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Registered trials

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