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Gut & Microbiome
Human Health Effects
Nanoplastics
Policy & Risk
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Human Ingestion of Micro-/Nanoplastics: A Simplified In Vitro Digestion Protocol for Cytotoxicity and Risk Assessment
Methods and protocols in food science
2026
Verónica Bastos,
H. S. M. Oliveira
Summary
Researchers developed a simplified in vitro digestion protocol to better simulate how micro- and nanoplastics are biotransformed during human digestion, enabling more realistic cytotoxicity testing and risk assessment of plastic ingestion compared to prior models.
Study Type
In vitro
A comprehensive risk assessment of plastics’ health impacts is imperative; however, significant gaps exist in toxicity models that closely simulate human ingestion. The biotransformation of micro−/nanoplastics (MNPLs) during the digestion process, along...