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A Comprehensive Review on Micro and Nanoplastics-Mediated Cardiovascular Complications

Sustainable development goals series 2025
Jashabir Chakraborty, Dibyendu Shil, Saumendu Deb Roy, Amit Samanta, Amit Samanta, Dipankar Bhowmik, S. Roy, Manab Deb Adhikari, Pankaj Kanti Jodder

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This comprehensive review examined how micro- and nanoplastics contribute to cardiovascular complications, detailing mechanisms including oxidative stress, inflammatory cytokine activation, endothelial dysfunction, and the transport of co-contaminants that damage cardiac and vascular tissue. With plastics now detected in human blood and arterial plaques, understanding their role in cardiovascular disease has become a critical frontier in environmental health research.

Body Systems
Cardiovascular

In the modernized world, society produces hundreds of millions of plastics, including their use in consumer commodities, packaging, and dressing. An estimate currently provided states that 364 million tons of plastics are generated yearly and that this may increase...

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