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Human Health Effects
Nanoplastics
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Release of microplastic fibres and fragmentation to billions of nanoplastics from period products: preliminary assessment of potential health implications
Environmental Science Nano
2021
23 citations
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Leonardo Pantoja Muñoz,
Alejandra Gonzalez Baez,
Diane Purchase,
Huw Jones,
Hemda Garelick
Summary
Preliminary assessment found that disposable period products such as menstrual pads contain microplastic fibers that can fragment into nanoplastics, with potential health implications from direct tissue contact that have not been previously recognized or scientifically addressed.
Health effects related to the plastic content of disposable period products have not been recognized or scientifically addressed.