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Human Health Effects
Reproductive & Development
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How microplastic components influence the immune system and impact on children health: Focus on cancer
Birth Defects Research
2020
90 citations
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Mariana Segovia‐Mendoza,
Karen Elizabeth Nava‐Castro,
Margarita Isabel Palacios‐Arreola,
Claudia Angélica Garay-Canales,
Jorge Morales‐Montor
Summary
This review examines how bisphenols and phthalates from microplastics affect the immune system during critical developmental periods, and how these immune disruptions may be linked to the development of various diseases including cancer.
Body Systems
The administration of bisphenols and phthalates during critical stages of development affects important immune system components, and the immune function; which might be related to the development of different diseases including cancer.