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Study of the Potential Impact of Microplastics and Additives on Human Health
Summary
This review examines the potential health impacts of microplastics and their chemical additives on humans, noting the difficulty of assessing risk due to the highly variable physical and chemical properties of microplastics. Researchers found that microplastics act as vectors for toxic chemicals in ecosystems, and that combined exposure to plastic particles and associated contaminants represents a complex stressor with poorly understood health consequences.
The spreading and abundance of micro and nano plastics into the world are so wide that many researchers used them as main pointers of the modern and contemporary period defining a new historical era. However, the inferences of microplastics are not yet systematically understood. There is the significant difficulty involved to know their impact due to dissimilar physical-chemical characteristics that make micro-plastics complex stressors. Micro-plastics carry toxic chemicals in the ecosystems, therefore serving as vectors of transport, and, on the other hand, a combination of dangerous chemicals that are further voluntarily during their manufacture as additives to increase polymer properties and extend their life. In this chapter, the authors prominently discuss the different kinds of literature on micro and nano-plastic exposure pathways and their probable risk to human health to encapsulate present information with the target of enhanced attention, upcoming study in this area, and information gaps.
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