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ClearEnvironmental Impact of Plastic Waste: Strategies for Sustainable Management
This systematic review summarizes the environmental and health impacts of plastic waste and evaluates strategies for sustainable management. It highlights that plastic pollution threatens ecosystems and human health through microplastic contamination, and examines approaches like recycling, biodegradable alternatives, and policy interventions to reduce exposure.
Microplastics, their effects on ecosystems, and general strategies for mitigation of microplastics: A review of recent developments, challenges, and future prospects
This review covers the harmful effects of microplastics on human health, animals, and ecosystems, noting that people face risks including inflammation, toxic effects, and potential chronic disease from exposure. The paper also examines current strategies to reduce microplastic pollution, including better waste management and development of sustainable materials to replace conventional plastics.
Harmful Effects of Plastics, Microplastics, and Nanoplastics
This review examines the harmful effects of plastics at all size scales, from bulk plastic waste down to micro- and nanoplastics, on both ecosystems and human health. Researchers documented how plastic degradation products accumulate in the environment and enter food chains through soil, water, and air. The study highlights the growing body of evidence linking plastic pollution to adverse effects in wildlife and potential risks to human well-being.
Plastic litters and public health
This book chapter examines the public health implications of plastic litter pollution, covering the contamination of marine and terrestrial ecosystems by micro- and nanoplastics and the associated risks to human health through exposure pathways in food, water, and air.
Public and Environmental Health Effects of Plastic Wastes Disposal: A Review
This review examines the public and environmental health effects of plastic waste disposal, covering the full lifecycle from production through disposal and environmental accumulation. Researchers found that improper waste management leads to widespread microplastic generation, chemical leaching, and contamination of air, water, and soil. The study highlights that the health effects extend beyond marine ecosystems to include human communities, particularly those near waste disposal sites.
Micro- and Nano-Plastics Contaminants in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Toxicity, Detection, Remediation, and Sustainable Perspectives
This review provides a broad overview of micro- and nanoplastic pollution, covering where these particles come from, how they spread through the environment, and the damage they cause to living things including humans. The authors also compare different methods for removing microplastics from the environment, including physical, chemical, and biological approaches. The paper calls for more research and global cooperation to develop better tools for measuring the health risks of plastic pollution.
The Impact of Water Pollution Caused by Plastic Waste: A Threat to Ecosystems and Health
This review investigates how microplastics and larger plastic waste contaminate water bodies, disrupt aquatic life, damage biodiversity, and enter food chains, posing risks to both ecosystems and human health. The study uses a quantitative approach to assess pollution impacts and presents strategies including reduced plastic use, improved waste disposal, and promotion of sustainable alternatives.
Plastic Pollution and Its Effects on Human Health
This review examined how plastics enter the environment through poor disposal and fragmentation, then infiltrate food chains and human bodies via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. The authors summarized health risks from both microplastic particles and their associated chemical additives, calling for stronger global policy responses.
Plastic Pollution and Its Effects on Human Health
This review examined how plastics enter the environment through poor disposal and fragmentation, then infiltrate food chains and human bodies via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. The authors summarized health risks from both microplastic particles and their associated chemical additives, calling for stronger global policy responses.
Impacts of Microplastics on Marine Organisms and in Human Health
This review examines the impacts of microplastics on marine ecosystems and human health, covering ingestion by marine organisms across all trophic levels, from plankton to large mammals. The authors also review the human health risks associated with microplastics detected in food, water, and air. The review calls for urgent global action to reduce plastic production and improve waste management before contamination becomes irreversible.
Plastic Pollution and Its Effects on Human Health
This review examined how plastics enter the environment through poor disposal and fragmentation, then infiltrate food chains and human bodies via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. The authors summarized health risks from both microplastic particles and their associated chemical additives, calling for stronger global policy responses.
Micro and Nanoplastics–Plastisphere, Biotoxicity, Impact on Human Health, and Mitigation Strategies
Researchers reviewed the presence and biotoxicity of micro- and nanoplastics in environmental samples and the food chain, including their role in forming the plastisphere, a human-made ecosystem of organisms living on plastic waste. The study examines the potential health impacts of these particles on humans and discusses mitigation strategies for reducing plastic pollution in both atmospheric and aquatic environments.
Theoretical Review on Microplastic Pollution: A Multifaceted Threat to Marine Ecosystems, Human Health, and Environment
This review provides a broad overview of how microplastic pollution threatens marine ecosystems and human health through multiple pathways including seafood consumption, drinking water, and air inhalation. Researchers summarized evidence that microplastics cause physical harm to marine species, transport toxic chemicals through food webs, and may be linked to inflammatory and hormonal disruption in humans. The study emphasizes that addressing this problem requires coordinated policy changes, better waste management, and development of biodegradable plastic alternatives.
Plastic Pollution and Its Effects on Human Health
This review examined how plastics enter the environment through poor disposal and fragmentation, then infiltrate food chains and human bodies via ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact. The authors summarized health risks from both microplastic particles and their associated chemical additives, calling for stronger global policy responses.
Plastic Pollution is a Serious Menace to Ecosystem Health with Special Reference to Aquatic Ecosystems and its Associated Challenges, Opportunities, and Mitigations
This review examines how plastic pollution, including microplastics, threatens aquatic ecosystem health, affecting fish, birds, and mammals through ingestion, entanglement, and chemical exposure. Researchers highlighted that our understanding of microplastic dynamics — their release, retention, accumulation, and transfer across ecosystems — remains limited. The study calls for more research into the long-term ecological consequences of microplastic contamination in aquatic environments.
Evaluating the Environmental and Health Impacts of Disposable Plastics: Toward Sustainable Material Alternatives
This review examined the environmental and health impacts of disposable plastics and explored sustainable alternatives, drawing on secondary literature across environmental science and health disciplines. The paper assessed plastic waste contributions to ocean pollution and proposed strategies to mitigate these challenges.
Microplastics in Environment and Effects on Biota
This review summarizes how microplastics form from plastic breakdown in nature or are manufactured at small sizes, spread across ecosystems, and harm organisms from microbes to larger animals. It emphasizes that poor plastic waste management is driving a growing global pollution crisis with broad ecological consequences.
Environmental pollution by microplastics and its consequences on human health
This narrative review examines how plastics discarded in the environment fragment into microplastics through environmental and biological stresses, accumulate across terrestrial and marine ecosystems, and enter human bodies primarily through seafood, drinking water, and air inhalation, summarizing documented toxicological consequences for human health based on literature published from 2017 to 2022.
Water: Impacts of plastic pollution on human health and biological systems
This literature review examined the impacts of plastic pollution on water quality and biological systems, documenting how mismanaged plastics contaminate water bodies and enter food chains, ultimately posing risks to human health through direct exposure and bioaccumulation.
The Dangers of Plastics to Public Health: A Review
This review summarizes how plastics and the microplastics they degrade into enter biological systems, interact with tissues and organs, and cause harm. It calls for greater public awareness and action to reduce plastic pollution given its growing threat to public health.
Evaluating the Environmental and Health Impacts of Disposable Plastics: Toward Sustainable Material Alternatives
This review synthesized evidence on the environmental and health impacts of disposable plastics, drawing on environmental science, health studies, and sustainability literature. The paper examined how plastic waste drives ocean pollution and wildlife harm while exploring sustainable alternative materials and policies.
Unveiling the complex impact of microplastics on environmental health, ecosystems, and humans
This comprehensive review consolidates current knowledge on microplastic pollution across marine, freshwater, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments. Researchers examined sources, transport pathways, impacts on living organisms, sampling techniques, and regulatory challenges, highlighting significant gaps in understanding the full scope of microplastic effects on ecosystems and human well-being.
The Devastation of Waste Plastic on the Environment and Remediation Processes: A Critical Review
This review covers the full scope of plastic waste pollution, from sources and environmental damage to recycling and remediation strategies. It ranks common plastic polymers by the toxicity of their chemical building blocks and traces how plastic waste enters the environment. The review highlights that as plastics break down into microplastics, they become harder to clean up and more likely to enter the food chain, making prevention and recycling critical for reducing human exposure.
The impact of microplastic pollution on human health - current issues
This review covers the sources, distribution, and ecological implications of microplastics in terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric environments, synthesizing existing knowledge and research gaps. It finds that MPs are a global contaminant threatening biodiversity and human health through chemical leaching, endocrine disruption, and physical harm to organisms at multiple trophic levels.