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Drosophila fruit fly an in vivo model to determine hazardous effects following exposure to nanoplastics utilizing the One Health approach
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Scientists used fruit flies to study how tiny plastic particles called nanoplastics, even smaller than microplastics, might harm living things, since flies share many basic biological traits with humans. This "One Health" approach connects the dots between environmental pollution, animal health, and human health, helping researchers understand how nanoplastic exposure could potentially affect our bodies too. As nanoplastics turn up more and more in our food, water, and air, this kind of research matters because it helps scientists figure out what health risks these invisible pollutants might actually pose to people.
The One Health approach recognizes that the health of humans is linked to the health of animals, individuals and the environment (Pitt and Gunn 2024; F. Wang et al. 2024). One Health approach is a ...
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