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An Environmental Nutrition Framework for Micro- and Nanoplastics Exposure Assessment
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A book chapter on micro- and nanoplastics in food systems, covering how particles move through aquatic, agricultural and processed food chains. It reviews reported effects on gut, liver, brain and metabolism, and discusses bioactive compounds, probiotics and polyphenols as subjects of nutritional research. It also covers detection and exposure forecasting tools.
This chapter per the authors evaluates micro- and nanoplastic exposure within food systems through an environmental nutrition framework emphasizing trophic transfer, dietary intake pathways, and contamination dynamics across aquatic, agricultural, and processed food chains. The analysis evaluates accumulation across trophic levels and associated oral exposure burdens affecting gastrointestinal, hepatic, neurological, and metabolic functions while addressing oxidative stress and inflammatory signaling linked to dietary plastic ingestion. Nutritional mitigation strategies involving bioactive compounds, probiotics, polyphenols, and cellular defense modulators are assessed alongside food safety surveillance systems, contaminant detection approaches, and computational exposure forecasting tools. Integration of environmental nutrition, food exposure science, and traceability analytics supports One Health–oriented assessment of dietary nanoplastic risks, food-system resilience, and contaminant control dynamics.
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