ArticleNature2025
Are microplastics bad for your health? More rigorous science is needed.
Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of the potential neurotoxicity of micro-and nanoplastics: the known and unknown.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2025Pooled it
- Evidence on microplastic exposure and respiratory health outcomes: a systematic review.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseasePooled it
- Water conservation and circular water reuse in clinical haemodialysis facilities: a scoping review.International urology and nephrology · 2026Article
- The analytical challenge of measuring micro- and nanoplastics in human tissues.Nature nanotechnology · 2026Article
- Association between Microplastic Exposure and Hepatic Dysfunction in Humans: A Cross-Sectional Study of Occupationally Exposed Individuals.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
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- Gaps between Laboratory Experiments and Real-World Exposure: Toxicological Assessment of Microplastics Is Based on Inadequate Evidence.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Microplastics, nanoplastics and liver disease: an emerging health concern?Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026Review
- Communicating Confidence in the Reliability of Micro- and Nanoplastic Identification in Human Health Studies.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- PFAS-Induced Charge Regulation and Aggregation in Polystyrene Nanoplastic Colloids.The journal of physical chemistry letters · 2026Article
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- In Reply.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Article
- A new screening framework to support the identification of exogenous particles and suspect microplastics in situ in pathological tissue samples.EBioMedicine · 2025Article
- A comprehensive review/expert statement on environmental risk factors of cardiovascular disease.Cardiovascular research · 2025Review
- Health impacts of microplastic and nanoplastic exposure.Nature medicine · 2025Review
- Time to strengthen the governance of new contaminants in the environment.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Health impacts of exposure to synthetic chemicals in food.Nature medicine · 2025Review
- Micro- and nanoplastics are elevated in femoral atherosclerotic plaques compared with undiseased arteries.JVS-vascular science · 2025Article
- Top-down generated micro- and nanoplastics reduce macrophage viability without eliciting a pro-inflammatory response.Microplastics and nanoplastics · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.
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Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.