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ClearPlastics and Health
This paper discusses the health implications of plastic exposure, examining the growing body of evidence connecting plastics and their additives to human health outcomes.
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.
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.
Plastic and its Side Effects on Humans – A Review Article
This review examines the widespread use of plastics in daily life and their harmful side effects on human health, including the release of toxic chemicals like BPA and phthalates that act as endocrine disruptors and contribute to various diseases.
Micro and Nanoplastics on Human Health and Diseases: Perspectives and Recent Advances
This review covers how micro- and nanoplastic particles enter the human body through ingestion, inhalation, infusion, and skin absorption, distribute to virtually all tissues and organs via the circulatory system, and cause health impacts including inflammatory responses, cellular damage, and endocrine disruption.
Unseen Hazards—Toxicological Effects and Human Health Impacts of Nanoplastics and Microplastics
This review covers the toxicological effects of microplastics and nanoplastics in humans, examining exposure routes (oral, inhalation, dermal), tissue distribution, and mechanisms of harm including oxidative stress, inflammation, and endocrine disruption. It emphasises the importance of particle size, polymer type, and adsorbed chemical additives in determining toxicity.
Environmental and health hazards of chemicals in plastic polymers and products
Researchers reviewed the environmental and health hazards of chemicals in plastic polymers and products, examining the toxicological profiles of monomers, additives, and degradation products that can leach from plastics into food, water, and the environment. The study identifies numerous plastic-associated chemicals with endocrine-disrupting, carcinogenic, or developmental toxicity potential and calls for more comprehensive safety testing of plastic formulations.
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.
A Critical Review on Effect of Macro, Micro and Nanoplastics Pollution on Human Health and their Control Measures
This review covers the sources and health effects of macro, micro, and nanoplastic pollution, noting that plastics contain over 10,000 chemical additives that can migrate into food and the body. Researchers summarize evidence that plastic particles have been found in human tissues and organs, where they can cause damage through oxidative stress and inflammation. The study calls for stronger regulation of single-use plastics and better public awareness of the health risks associated with plastic exposure.
Microplastic pollution-A major health problem-An update
This review summarizes the current understanding of microplastic pollution as a health concern, covering how these tiny plastic particles enter the human body through inhalation and ingestion of contaminated food and beverages. The study discusses chemical additives found in plastics, including endocrine disruptors like bisphenol A and phthalates, which have been associated with various health effects. However, the authors note that the fate and effects of microplastics once inside the human body remain controversial and require further study.
Implications of plastic-derived endocrine disruptors on human health
This review summarizes how chemicals released from plastics, known as endocrine disruptors, can interfere with the body's hormone systems. Common substances like BPA and phthalates mimic or block hormones, contributing to obesity, diabetes, reproductive problems, and developmental issues in children. Micro- and nanoplastics make the problem worse because they can release these hormone-disrupting chemicals inside the body after being ingested or inhaled.
Plastics, microplastics, and human contamination: A literature review
This literature review synthesizes research on human contamination by plastics and microplastics, covering ingestion, inhalation, and dermal exposure routes and summarizing documented health effects across organ systems.
Potential Human Health Impacts of Microplastics and Associated Chemicals
This book chapter reviews human exposure pathways to microplastics — including ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact — and examines evidence linking tissue-level MP accumulation to inflammation, immune disruption, endocrine effects, and potential carcinogenicity.
Tiny microplastics tremendous perils: Exploring the health burden of microplastics
This review examined the health impacts of microplastics smaller than 5 mm across multiple organ systems, summarizing mechanisms of toxicity including oxidative stress, inflammation, endocrine disruption, and the transport of harmful chemical additives.
Effects of micro-and-nano plastics on various organ systems in health
This review examines the toxicological effects of micro- and nanoplastics on multiple human organ systems—including the gut, liver, lungs, cardiovascular system, and brain—summarizing mechanisms of harm such as oxidative stress, inflammation, and endocrine disruption.
Effect of microplastics in animals and humans
This review summarizes the harmful effects of microplastics on animals and humans, noting that plastic degradation releases carcinogenic compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, while additives like phthalates and bisphenol-A disrupt hormonal and reproductive systems.
Phthalates and Their Impacts on Human Health
This review examines phthalates, chemicals widely used to make plastics flexible, and their harmful effects on human health as endocrine disruptors. Chronic exposure to phthalates has been linked to reproductive problems, developmental issues in children, and complications during pregnancy. Since phthalates are common additives in microplastics, understanding their toxicity is essential for assessing the full health risk of microplastic exposure.
Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Human Health: Toxicological Mechanisms Involving Oxidative Stress, Endocrine Interference, and Inflammatory Responses
Tiny plastic particles called microplastics and nanoplastics are now found everywhere—in our air, water, and food—and this review of existing research shows they may harm our health in three main ways. These particles can damage cells, disrupt hormones, and cause inflammation throughout the body, potentially affecting organs like the heart, liver, and brain. While scientists are still studying exactly how dangerous these plastic particles are to humans, the evidence suggests we should be concerned about our constant exposure to them.