ReviewAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023
Microplastics in Terrestrial Domestic Animals and Human Health: Implications for Food Security and Food Safety and Their Role as Sentinels.
Review in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 91 citations in OpenAlex.
- Occurrence, transport, and toxicity of microplastics in tropical food chains: perspectives view and way forward.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2024Pooled it
- Polystyrene microplastics impair sheep spermatogenesis by disrupting rumen microbiota-derived butyrate signaling.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Microplastics in urban environments: The dog as a bioindicator of exposure and human gastrointestinal riskBiomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud · 2026Article
- Discovering Plastic-Binding Peptides with Favorable Affinity, Water Solubility, and Binding Specificity Through Deep Learning and Biophysical Modeling.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- A Systematic Review of Microplastic Contamination in Tuna Species: General Pathways into the Food Chain with Ecotoxicological and Human Health Perspectives.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- From Harm to Hope: Tackling Microplastics' Perils with Recycling Innovation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Evaluation of Red Palm Weevils (Insects · 2025Article
- Potential Biological Impacts of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Farm Animals: Global Perspectives with Insights from Bangladesh.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Bibliometrics and visualization analysis of microplastics research in water from 2011 to 2023.Journal of water and health · 2025Review
- Influence of selected dosages of plastic microparticles on the porcine fecal microbiome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Microplastic distribution and risk assessment in estuarine systems influenced by traditional villages and artisanal fishery activities.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Connecting the Dots: Livestock Animals as Missing Links in the Chain of Microplastic Contamination and Human Health.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Microplastics in Ecuador: A review of environmental and health-risk assessment challenges.Heliyon · 2024Review
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Abstract
Terrestrial domestic animals are exposed to microplastics, therefore, contaminating the food chain, in the case of livestock, or acting as sentinels for human exposure, in the case of companion animals. The aim of this review was to address the importance of terrestrial domestic animals on human exposure to microplastics. Animal products may already show some microplastics contamination, which may occur during their lifetime, possibly also compromising productivity, and during processing, originating from equipment and packaging. Moreover, release of microplastics in animal feces (or manure) leads to the contamination of agricultural fields, with possible impacts and internalization in plants. Therefore, microplastics pose a threat to food security, compromising food productivity, and food safety, by being a foreign material found in animal products. Conversely, in urban environments, companion animals (cats and dogs) may be relevant sentinels for human exposure. While oral exposure may vary in pets compared to humans, due to indiscriminate ingestion and chewing or licking behaviors, airborne exposure is likely to be a good indicator for human exposure. Therefore, future studies should address the importance of terrestrial domestic animals for human exposure of microplastics, both in the food chain and as sentinels for environmental exposure.
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