Potential adverse health effects of ingested micro- and nanoplastics on humans. Lessons learned from in vivo and in vitro mammalian models

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Emergence of nanoplastic in the environment and possible impact on human health

(2019) Roman Lehner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nanoplastics and marine organisms: what has been studied?

(2019) Inês Ferreira et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Uptake and effects of orally ingested polystyrene microplastic particles in vitro and in vivo

(2019) Valerie Stock et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Size-dependent effects of polystyrene microplastics on cytotoxicity and efflux pump inhibition in human Caco-2 cells

(2019) Bing Wu et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Review of micro- and nanoplastic contamination in the food chain

(2019) Brigitte Toussaint et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

An assessment of the toxicity of polypropylene microplastics in human derived cells

(2019) Jangsun Hwang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Human Consumption of Microplastics

(2019) Kieran D. Cox et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of combined exposures of fluoranthene and polyethylene or polyhydroxybutyrate microplastics on oxidative stress biomarkers in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis)

(2019) Gabriele Magara et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES

Targeted metabolomics reveals differential biological effects of nanoplastics and nanoZnO in human lung cells

(2019) Swee Ling Lim et al.   Nanotoxicology

Multi-endpoint toxicological assessment of polystyrene nano- and microparticles in different biological models in vitro

(2019) Michelle Hesler et al.   TOXICOLOGY IN VITRO

Phthalate exposure and female reproductive and developmental outcomes: a systematic review of the human epidemiological evidence

(2019) Elizabeth G. Radke et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The adverse health effects of bisphenol A and related toxicity mechanisms

(2019) Ya Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

In Vitro Genotoxicity of Polystyrene Nanoparticles on the Human Fibroblast Hs27 Cell Line

(2019) Anna Poma et al.   Nanomaterials

Identifying a quick and efficient method of removing organic matter without damaging microplastic samples

(2019) Joana C. Prata et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A possible role for pollutants in mental disorders via gut microbiota

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Environmental exposure to microplastics: An overview on possible human health effects

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Laser Ablation as a Versatile Tool To Mimic Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanoplastic Pollutants: Characterization and Toxicology Assessment

(2018) Davide Magrì et al.   ACS Nano

Protein machineries defining pathways of nanocarrier exocytosis and transcytosis

(2018) Jonas Reinholz et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Detection of nanoplastics in food by asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation coupled to multi-angle light scattering: possibilities, challenges and analytical limitations

(2018) Manuel Correia et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Airborne microplastics: Consequences to human health?

(2018) Joana Correia Prata   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal

(2018) Ana I. Catarino et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Assessing the effects of silver nanoparticles on monolayers of differentiated Caco-2 cells, as a model of intestinal barrier

(2018) Laura Vila et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Chemical stabilization of polymers: Implications for dermal exposure to additives

(2018) N. Bartsch et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Plastic contamination of the food chain: A threat to human health?

(2018) R.H. Waring et al.   MATURITAS

Polystyrene microplastics induce gut microbiota dysbiosis and hepatic lipid metabolism disorder in mice

(2018) Liang Lu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A critical perspective on early communications concerning human health aspects of microplastics

(2018) Sinja Rist et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Analysis of microplastics in water by micro-Raman spectroscopy: Release of plastic particles from different packaging into mineral water

(2018) Darena Schymanski et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Effects of differently shaped TiO2NPs (nanospheres, nanorods and nanowires) on the in vitro model (Caco-2/HT29) of the intestinal barrier

(2018) Alba García-Rodríguez et al.   Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Trophic transfer and individual impact of nano-sized polystyrene in a four-species freshwater food chain

(2018) Yooeun Chae et al.   Scientific Reports

Synthetic Polymer Contamination in Bottled Water

(2018) Sherri A. Mason et al.   Frontiers in Chemistry

Cloud-Point Extraction Combined with Thermal Degradation for Nanoplastic Analysis Using Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry

(2018) Xiao-xia Zhou et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Uptake of microplastics and related health effects: a critical discussion of Deng et al., Scientific reports 7:46687, 2017

(2018) Albert Braeuning   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Microplastics, a food safety issue?

(2018) Sandra Rainieri et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Impacts of polystyrene microplastic on the gut barrier, microbiota and metabolism of mice

(2018) Yuanxiang Jin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The occurrence of microplastic in specific organs in commercially caught fishes from coast and estuary area of east China

(2018) Lei Su et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Higher dermal exposure of cashiers to BPA and its association with DNA oxidative damage

(2017) Yanshan Lv et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Cytotoxic effects of commonly used nanomaterials and microplastics on cerebral and epithelial human cells

(2017) Gabriella F. Schirinzi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastic and Human Health: A Micro Issue?

(2017) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastic potentiates triclosan toxicity to the marine copepod Acartia tonsa (Dana)

(2017) Kristian Syberg et al.   JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH-PART A-CURRENT ISSUES

Trophic transference of microplastics under a low exposure scenario: Insights on the likelihood of particle cascading along marine food-webs

(2017) M.F.M. Santana et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Synergistic role of nanoceria on the ability of tobacco smoke to induce carcinogenic hallmarks in lung epithelial cells

(2017) Laura Rubio et al.   Nanomedicine

In the next 30 years, we’ll make four times more plastic waste than we ever have

(2017) Giorgia Guglielmi   SCIENCE

Ecotoxicity testing of microplastics: Considering the heterogeneity of physicochemical properties

(2017) Scott Lambert et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries

(2017) Ali Karami et al.   Scientific Reports

Tissue accumulation of microplastics in mice and biomarker responses suggest widespread health risks of exposure

(2017) Yongfeng Deng et al.   Scientific Reports

Carboxyl- and amino-functionalized polystyrene nanoparticles differentially affect the polarization profile of M1 and M2 macrophage subsets

(2016) Ann-Kathrin Fuchs et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Toxic Effects in Liver

(2016) Yifeng Lu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Genotoxic and cell-transformation effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) following in vitro sub-chronic exposures

(2016) Gerard Vales et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Synthetic fibers in atmospheric fallout: A source of microplastics in the environment?

(2016) Rachid Dris et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste in the marine environment: A review of sources, occurrence and effects

(2016) W.C. LI et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Microplastic Pollution in Table Salts from China

(2015) Dongqi Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Potential Health Impact of Environmentally Released Micro- and Nanoplastics in the Human Food Production Chain: Experiences from Nanotoxicology

(2015) Hans Bouwmeester et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics: addressing ecological risk through lessons learned

(2015) Kristian Syberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Cationic polystyrene nanospheres induce autophagic cell death through the induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress

(2015) Hui-Wen Chiu et al.   Nanoscale

Surface charge determines the lung inflammogenicity: A study with polystyrene nanoparticles

(2015) Jeongeun Kim et al.   Nanotoxicology

In vitrogastrointestinal digestion increases the translocation of polystyrene nanoparticles in anin vitrointestinal co-culture model

(2015) Agata P. Walczak et al.   Nanotoxicology

Pathways for degradation of plastic polymers floating in the marine environment

(2015) Berit Gewert et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Specific Uptake and Genotoxicity Induced by Polystyrene Nanobeads with Distinct Surface Chemistry on Human Lung Epithelial Cells and Macrophages

(2015) Vincent Paget et al.   PLoS One

Synthetic particles as contaminants in German beers

(2014) Gerd Liebezeit et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

Translocation of differently sized and charged polystyrene nanoparticles in in vitro intestinal cell models of increasing complexity

(2014) Agata P. Walczak et al.   Nanotoxicology

Long-term exposures to low doses of cobalt nanoparticles induce cell transformation enhanced by oxidative damage

(2014) Balasubramanyam Annangi et al.   Nanotoxicology

Utility of models of the gastrointestinal tract for assessment of the digestion and absorption of engineered nanomaterials released from food matrices

(2014) David E. Lefebvre et al.   Nanotoxicology

Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms

(2014) Matthew Cole et al.   Scientific Reports

Nano-sized and micro-sized polystyrene particles affect phagocyte function

(2013) B. Prietl et al.   CELL BIOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Non-pollen particulates in honey and sugar

(2013) Gerd Liebezeit et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

Effects of Particle Size and Surface Modification on Cellular Uptake and Biodistribution of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

(2013) Sneha A. Kulkarni et al.   PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH

Microplastics in the Marine Environment: A Review of the Methods Used for Identification and Quantification

(2012) Valeria Hidalgo-Ruz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and Effects of Microplastics on Cells and Tissue of the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an Experimental Exposure

(2012) Nadia von Moos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Nano- and microscaled particles for drug targeting to inflamed intestinal mucosa—A first in vivo study in human patients

(2012) Carsten Schmidt et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Oral exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles affects iron absorption

(2012) Gretchen J. Mahler et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Intracellular dynamics of cationic and anionic polystyrene nanoparticles without direct interaction with mitotic spindle and chromosomes

(2011) Yuexian Liu et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition

(2011) Delilah Lithner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Alternative in vitro assays in nanomaterial toxicology

(2011) Thomas Hartung et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

Phthalates and other additives in plastics: human exposure and associated health outcomes

(2009) J. D. Meeker et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Components of plastic: experimental studies in animals and relevance for human health

(2009) C. E. Talsness et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Applications and societal benefits of plastics

(2009) A. L. Andrady et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

(2008) Charles James Moore   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Ingested Microscopic Plastic Translocates to the Circulatory System of the Mussel,Mytilus edulis(L.)

(2008) Mark A. Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY