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Impact of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Human Health

Original title: Impacto Dos Microplásticos E Nanoplásticos Na Saúde Humana

2025

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Researchers reviewed the pathways and mechanisms by which microplastics and nanoplastics — detected in air, water, soil, and human tissues — pose emerging risks to human health, spanning from ingestion and inhalation exposure routes to inflammatory and endocrine disruption effects.

A poluição ambiental por microplásticos (<5 mm) e nanoplásticos (<1 μm) representa uma ameaça emergente à saúde humana. Nos anos foram encontradas essas em diversos ambientes como ar, água, solo...

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