ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2023
Microplastics exposure: implications for human fertility, pregnancy and child health.
Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.
- Molecular and Cellular Effects of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular, Nervous, Urinary, Digestive, and Reproductive System Diseases: A Global Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of microplastics on the human gut microbiome: a systematic review of microbial composition, diversity, and metabolic disruptions.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of microplastics on female reproductive health: insights from animal and human experimental studies: a systematic review.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2025Pooled it
- Can Mammalian Reproductive Health Withstand Massive Exposure to Polystyrene Micro- and Nanoplastic Derivatives? A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of nasal irrigation on microplastic clearance in children with adenoid hypertrophy, with or without otitis media with effusion.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Human Diet: Sources of Exposure, Bioavailability, Toxicokinetics, and Systemic Health Effects.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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- Gut-Mediated Systemic Toxicity of Micro- and Nanoplastics: Nanoscale Biointerface Properties, Microbiota-Metabolite Crosstalk, and Evidence Across Gut-Organ Axes.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Infertility Risk and Employment History Among US Women: Findings From National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Nanoplastics in Depolymerization Products from Hydrolysis of Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) in the Solid State.Macromolecular rapid communications · 2026Article
- Public awareness of microplastic pollution among residents of a western Turkish province and how it is reflected in demographics and behavioural practices.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2026Article
- From Kitchen to Cell: A Critical Review of Microplastic Release from Consumer Products and Its Health Implications.Toxics · 2026Review
- Microplastic exposure and human health risks across the life cycle: a focus on reproduction, development, and aging.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026Review
- Microplastics and female infertility: reproductive toxicity and underlying mechanisms.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Review
- Microplastics in human ovarian follicular fluid: a pilot Raman spectroscopy study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Micro- and nanoplastics remodel the autophagy-lysosomal axis and mitochondrial function in primary human monocytes.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
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- Microplastics and child health: A scoping review of prenatal and early-life exposure routes and potential health risks.Toxicology reports · 2025Review
- Protective Effects and Potential Mechanisms of D-Aspartate on Testicular Damage Induced by Polystyrene Microplastics.Biomolecules · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Plastics found in our everyday environment are becoming an increasing concern for individual and population-level health, and the extent of exposure and potential toxic effects of these contaminants on numerous human organ systems are becoming clear. Microplastics (MPs), tiny plastic particles, appear to have many of the same biological effects as their plastic precursors and have the compounded effect of potential accumulation in different organs. Recently, microplastic accumulation was observed in the human placenta, raising important questions related to the biological effects of these contaminants on the health of pregnancies and offspring. These concerns are particularly heightened considering the developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) framework, which postulates that
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