ReviewEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.)2023
Human Exposure to Microplastics and Its Associated Health Risks.
Review in Environment & health (Washington, D.C.), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- A systematic review of the potential neurotoxicity of micro-and nanoplastics: the known and unknown.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2025Pooled it
- Screening for Suspected Microplastic-like Particles in Post-Mortem Human Liver: Correlating Histopathological Alterations with Clinical Profiles.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Swimming in Plastamination: Polylactic Acid (PLA) Nanoplastics Affect Bull Sperm Functions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Dietary Microplastic Exposure in Athletes: Implications for Metabolism, Gut Health, and Performance.Nutrients · 2026Review
- The Opposite Roles of Benzo[Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Distribution, Polymer Composition, and Exposure Risks of Microplastics in Bottled and Tap Water Distribution.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Spatial transcriptome mapping identifiesScience advances · 2026Article
- Carboxyl Surface Modification Attenuates Polystyrene- but Not Poly(methyl methacrylate) Nanoplastic-Induced Gut Dysbiosis in Zebrafish Larvae.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Micro- and Nanoplastics as Emerging Drivers of Liver Injury: Exposure, Evidence, and Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Weathered plastic particles negatively affect mouse primary neurons and glial cells.Archives of toxicology · 2026Article
- Exploring the relationship between microplastic exposure and bone health.Endocrine connections · 2026Review
- Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Brain: Mechanistic Plausibility, Translational Challenges, and Links to Neurological Disease Trends.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Review
- Micro- and Nanoplastics as Disruptors of Digestive and Hepatopancreatic Homeostasis: Insights into the Plastic-Gut-Liver Axis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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- Assessing Age-Specific Variability in Microplastic Intake Through Seafood Consumption: A Case Study in Central Java, Indonesia.Journal of food science · 2026Article
- Microplastic-Induced Macrophage Dysfunction Drives Lung Tumor Progression through Glutathione Imbalance.ACS nano · 2026Article
- Microplastics as environmental modifiers of lung disease.EMBO molecular medicine · 2026Review
- From Kitchen to Cell: A Critical Review of Microplastic Release from Consumer Products and Its Health Implications.Toxics · 2026Review
- Honey as a bioindicator of microplastic pollution: insights from industrial and special honey types.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Pollutants regulate changes in pathological markers of neurodegenerative diseases: a new perspective in environmental toxicology.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
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Abstract
Microplastics are a globally emerging contaminant in the environment, but little is known about the potential risks of microplastics to human health. Possible exposure routes of microplastics to humans include ingestion, inhalation, and dermal penetration, with the last of these needing equal attention as the other two main routes. Evidence showed the presence of microplastics in human-derived biological samples (i.e., excrement, biofluids, and tissues). Most of the toxicological studies of microplastics on humans were based on laboratory rodents and human-derived cells. Energy homeostasis, intestinal microflora, and the reproductive, immune, and nervous systems were regarded as targets of microplastics. The toxicity of microplastics on microstructures including lysosomes, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and the nucleus further revealed the potential risks of microplastics on human health at the cellular levels. As a carrier, microplastics also had the potential to magnify the toxicity of other contaminants in the environment (e.g., plasticizer, metals, antibiotics, and microorganisms). Studies of microplastics at environmentally realistic conditions are still in their infancy with many unsolved questions to predict their risks on human health.
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