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Human Health Effects
Nanoplastics
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Potential toxicity of micro- and nanoplastics in primary bronchial epithelial cells of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Microplastics and Nanoplastics
2025
I. F. Gosselink,
P. Leonhardt,
M. J. Drittij,
Ellen Weltjens,
P. J. J. Jessen,
F. G. A. J. van Belleghem,
K. Smeets,
I. M. Kooter,
F. J. van Schooten,
Alexander H. V. Remels
Summary
Researchers investigated how micro- and nanoplastics affect lung cells taken from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that already impairs breathing. The study aimed to determine whether plastic particle exposure poses additional toxic risk to people whose airways are already compromised.
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The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43591-025-00166-1.