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ClearMicro- and nano-plastic contamination in foods and potential risk to human health
This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about micro- and nanoplastic contamination in food, covering sources, occurrence, and analytical detection methods. Researchers found that while various foods, especially seafood, contain measurable levels of microplastics, the health risks to humans remain difficult to assess due to inconsistent research methods. The study calls for standardized approaches to better evaluate dietary exposure and potential health impacts.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Food
This review summarized the current evidence on microplastic and nanoplastic contamination in food, covering their sources, analytical detection methods, and potential health implications for consumers. The paper highlighted the rapid growth in food contamination data and the ongoing uncertainties about human dietary exposure levels and health risks.
Microplastics in Food: Literature Review
This literature review analyzed data on microplastic presence across various food groups, summarizing findings on the occurrence, concentrations, and polymer types of microplastics detected in seafood, fresh produce, processed foods, and beverages.
Assessing microplastics and nanoplastics in food
This review assessed analytical methods for measuring micro- and nanoplastics in food, covering current detection limits, sample preparation challenges, and regulatory gaps. The authors found that while microplastics are detectable in diverse food products, nanoplastic analysis remains technically demanding and that harmonized methods for food matrices are urgently needed to support risk assessment.
Microplastics and nanoplastics in food, water, and beverages; part I. occurrence
Researchers reviewed what is currently known about the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in food, water, and beverages, concluding that while contamination has been detected across many products, a lack of standardized detection methods makes it difficult to fully assess the food safety risks to human health.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics: Emerging Contaminants in Food
This systematic review focuses on microplastics and nanoplastics as emerging contaminants in our food supply. These tiny particles enter food through packaging, processing, and environmental contamination. Current detection methods are still limited, making it difficult to fully measure how much plastic we are eating — highlighting the need for better testing to protect food safety.
Micro- and nanoplastics: Contamination routes of food products and critical interpretation of detection strategies
This review evaluates current methods for detecting micro and nanoplastics in food and beverages, from sample preparation to chemical identification. The authors highlight significant challenges including detection sensitivity limits, interference from food matrices, and a lack of standardized protocols. Better analytical tools are needed to accurately assess how much microplastic contamination people are actually consuming.
Food Contamination with Micro-plastics: Occurrences, Bioavailability,Human Vulnerability, and Prevention
The study reviews the occurrence, bioavailability, and potential health impacts of microplastics in food, noting that contamination has been detected in foodstuffs and beverages worldwide. Researchers highlight that current data on dietary microplastic exposure remains insufficient for comprehensive risk assessment, and call for standardized methodologies to better evaluate the threat to human health.
Review of micro- and nanoplastic contamination in the food chain
This review examines the contamination of the human food chain with micro- and nanoplastics, from seafood and drinking water to processed foods and packaging. Researchers found that while plastic particles are widely present in food and beverages, the actual health impacts on humans remain largely unknown due to inconsistent study methods. The study calls for standardized analytical approaches to properly assess dietary microplastic exposure and its potential risks.
Cases of Micro- and Nanoplastics in Food and Food Product
This review cataloged cases of micro- and nanoplastic contamination detected in diverse food and food products, summarizing detection methods, contamination levels, and primary polymer types found across food categories.
[Review of Methods and Risk Assessment of Microplastics from Food Sources].
This review examines methods for detecting and assessing the risks of microplastic contamination in food, covering exposure pathways from raw materials through processing and packaging. Researchers summarized analytical techniques for identifying microplastics in food products and evaluated approaches for assessing human health risks from dietary exposure. The study emphasizes the need for standardized detection methods and more comprehensive risk assessment frameworks for food-borne microplastics.
Discovery and solution for microplastics: New risk carriers in food
This review summarizes the current state of microplastic contamination in food, covering which foods are affected, how to detect microplastics, and how to break them down. Microplastics accumulate through the food chain and have been confirmed in many everyday foods, posing serious health risks. The authors call for standardized detection methods and national policies to monitor and reduce microplastic contamination in the food supply.
Microplastics and NanoplasticsOrigin, Fate and Effects
This book chapter provides a broad introduction to micro- and nanoplastics, covering their origin from plastic degradation, their spread through the environment, and their entry into the food chain. The authors highlight that current analytical methods are largely limited to detection, while the full scope of health and ecological effects remains to be determined.
Microplastics in Foods and Beverages
This review examines microplastic contamination across a wide range of food and beverage products, describing the detection techniques used to identify microplastic particles and summarizing findings on which products are most affected. The authors also discuss the potential health consequences of human dietary microplastic ingestion.
Micro and Nano Plastics in the Food Chain: Challenges, Risks, and Future Directions
This review explores the presence of micro- and nanoplastics across the food chain, examining sources including packaging fragmentation and synthetic fiber shedding and assessing distribution from soil and water through crop plants, seafood, and processed foods to human consumers. The authors discuss health risks and the challenges of developing standardized analysis and regulatory standards for food-chain microplastic exposures.
A review on micro and nano plastics: A rising concern as food contaminants
This review examined micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) as rising food contaminants, reporting concentrations up to 1.7 million particles/km² in some ocean regions and documenting how MNPs enter food chains through water, seafood, packaging, and food processing—posing risks to food safety and human health.
Microplastics and nanoplastics in food, water, and beverages, part II. Methods
This methods-focused review summarized analytical techniques for detecting and characterizing microplastics and nanoplastics in food, water, and beverages, covering sample preparation, isolation, and polymer identification approaches. The authors concluded that no single method captures all relevant particle information and that standardization across food matrices remains an unmet need.
Microplastics in Food Products
This chapter reviews microplastic contamination in food products, tracing the pathways by which plastic particles enter the food supply from environmental contamination, packaging leaching, and food processing. The authors discuss health concerns associated with dietary microplastic exposure and the regulatory landscape around food safety.
Influence of Micro and Nanoplastics in Modern Food Chain: an Inevitable Intervention
This review examines the growing presence of microplastics and nanoplastics throughout the modern food chain, summarizing known entry points, concentrations in food commodities, and potential health consequences of regular human dietary exposure.
Caracterización y Análisis de Micro y Nanoplásticos en los Alimentos
This work reviewed the origins, properties, and food safety risks of micro- and nanoplastics as emerging contaminants in the food chain, summarizing detection methods across different food matrices and examining routes of human exposure through diet.
Microplastic risks in the seafood in terms of food safety and their research methods
Microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in aquatic organisms including fish, shellfish, and marine mammals, and can transfer into the human food supply through seafood. This review summarizes the health risks and detection methods used to identify microplastics in seafood, noting that some food processing steps may also introduce contamination.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Food
This overview discusses how microplastics and nanoplastics from packaging and household materials enter the food supply, where they can carry chemical additives and adsorb contaminants. The lack of standardized definitions and measurement methods remains a major barrier to assessing human health risks from food-borne microplastic exposure.
Microplastics: an emerging threat to food security and human health
This review examines the growing body of evidence showing that microplastics are present in seafood and other food products worldwide, making human dietary exposure virtually unavoidable. Researchers summarize the potential risks to food security and human health from ingesting microplastics and the chemical contaminants they carry. The study identifies significant research gaps and calls for more work on monitoring and eliminating microplastics throughout the food supply chain.
Microplastics as Emerging Food Contaminants: A Challenge for Food Safety
This review examines microplastics as an emerging contaminant in the food supply, covering how they enter the food chain, their characteristics, and the challenges of assessing their health risks. Researchers found that while microplastics have been detected in a wide range of food products, current scientific data is insufficient to complete a thorough risk assessment of dietary exposure. The study calls for standardized detection methods and more research to establish safe exposure thresholds for microplastics in food.