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ClearFood and human safety: the impact of microplastics
This review characterizes the scope of microplastic contamination in the human food supply, examining how these particles enter food through environmental contamination, processing, and packaging. Researchers found microplastics in a wide range of foods including seafood, salt, honey, and beverages, with concentrations varying by food type and region. The study highlights the need for standardized detection methods and risk assessments to better understand the health implications of dietary microplastic exposure.
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.
Microplastics and Nano-plastics Contamination in Foods: Current Understanding of the Health Impact on Human and Potential Solutions
This review examines how microplastics and nanoplastics enter the human body through food sources including fish, shellfish, fruits, vegetables, bottled water, salt, and honey. Researchers summarize evidence indicating that these tiny particles can trigger inflammation, oxidative stress, and disruption of gut bacteria once inside the body. The study calls for more research into long-term health effects and the development of solutions to reduce plastic contamination in the food supply.
Micro(nano)plastics in commercial foods: A review of their characterization and potential hazards to human health
This review compiles evidence of micro- and nanoplastic contamination found in commercial food products including seafood, beverages, salt, sugar, and honey. Researchers summarize the various laboratory techniques used to isolate, identify, and quantify these particles in food samples. The study highlights that dietary intake is a major route of human microplastic exposure and calls for standardized detection methods to better assess the scope of contamination across the food supply.
Microplastics in the Food Chain: Food Safety and Environmental Aspects
This review traces how microplastics move through the food chain, from contaminated water and soil into the animals and plants that humans eat. The study highlights that microplastics have been found in seafood, salt, honey, beer, and other food products, raising important questions about food safety and the need for better monitoring of plastic contamination in our food supply.
Potential risk assessment and toxicological impacts of nano/micro-plastics on human health through food products
This review examined the potential risks and toxicological effects of nano- and microplastics on human health through food products, identifying key contamination sources in the food chain and their harmful impacts on the body.
Micro- 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 contamination in food products: Occurrence, analytical techniques and potential impacts on human health
Researchers reviewed the occurrence of microplastics in a wide range of food products — including drinking water, seafood, honey, salt, and vegetables — and the health effects of ingesting them, which include inflammation, gut microbiome disruption, hormone disruption, and increased cancer risk. The review calls for standardized detection methods and a multi-pronged strategy combining source reduction, better recycling, and biodegradable plastic alternatives.
Microplastics and plastics-associated contaminants in food and beverages; Global trends, concentrations, and human exposure
This review provides a global overview of microplastic contamination in food and beverages, including seafood, salt, honey, sugar, beer, milk, and drinking water. It estimates that humans may consume tens of thousands of microplastic particles per year through their diet, with concentrations varying widely by food type and region. The authors also examine plastics-associated chemicals like phthalates and bisphenol A that can leach from packaging into food, compounding the health risk.
Plastic contamination of the food chain: A threat to human health?
This review examines how microplastics and nanoplastics enter the human food chain through shellfish, inhalation, and other routes, and assesses what is known about their toxicity. The authors conclude that while larger microplastics appear to have low absorption and toxicity, nanoplastics may accumulate in tissues and potentially affect the nervous and reproductive systems, though effects in humans remain unproven.
Microplastics in food: Occurrence, toxicity, green analytical detection methods and future challenges
This review examines how microplastics enter the human food chain through seafood, drinking water, salt, honey, and other products, and assesses what is known about their health effects. The authors also evaluate newer, more environmentally friendly analytical methods for detecting microplastics in food samples. While the full health impacts remain uncertain, the widespread presence of microplastics in food makes continued monitoring and research essential.
MICROPLASTICS: Focus on Food and Health
This review covers the presence of microplastics in food and discusses their potential health implications, noting that humans are exposed through seafood, salt, drinking water, and other dietary sources. It summarizes current scientific understanding while acknowledging significant gaps in knowledge about long-term health effects.
Microplastic Contamination in the Global Food Supply Chain
This systematic review assessed global microplastic contamination across food supply chain products from 2007 to 2022, including seafood, salt, honey, beer, and bottled water. Virtually all food categories showed microplastic presence, with seafood showing the highest levels and highlighting that diverse dietary sources collectively contribute to daily human plastic ingestion.
Microplastics in food: scoping review on health effects, occurrence, and human exposure
Researchers reviewed evidence on microplastic contamination across many types of food and found that humans may ingest hundreds of thousands of microplastic particles per year through everyday foods including water and salt. The health effects remain unclear, but the widespread contamination creates a basis for ongoing, chronic exposure.
Current Insights into Monitoring, Bioaccumulation, and Potential Health Effects of Microplastics Present in the Food Chain
This review summarizes recent findings on microplastic concentrations in food including seafood, bottled water, sugar, salt, and honey, as well as their potential health effects. Bottled water was identified as a considerable source of exposure, with up to 6,300 microplastic particles per liter. Studies in mice and zebrafish suggest that microplastic exposure may affect gut microbiota, lipid metabolism, and oxidative stress, though the authors note significant data gaps remain.
Health impacts of environmental contamination of micro- and nanoplastics: a review
This review summarizes the growing body of evidence on micro- and nanoplastic contamination across both marine and terrestrial ecosystems and its potential health effects. Researchers note that these tiny particles accumulate in animals along the food chain, and recent studies have detected microplastics in human stool samples, confirming human exposure through food and water. The study highlights that beyond the particles themselves, the chemical additives and pollutants that cling to plastics may pose additional health risks.
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.
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.
Contamination of food and beverages with microplastic particles
This review summarizes evidence on microplastic contamination of food and beverages, highlighting the growing accumulation of microplastics across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and their presence in the organs of various organisms including humans.
Source, migration path and pollution of microplastics and nano-plastics in food
This review traced the sources, migration pathways, and food contamination status of microplastics and nanoplastics, covering their entry into food chains through packaging, processing, environmental pollution, and water sources—and discussing potential accumulation in the human body and associated health risks.
Microplastics in Human Consumption
This book provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic contamination in human food chains, covering origins, types, and distribution of microplastics in seafood, drinking water, bottled water, honey, and sugar, along with detection methods and ecosystem impacts.
Microplastics in the human food chain: A review of prevalence, contamination pathways, and mitigation strategies in salt, seafood, and freshwater fish
This review summarizes existing research on microplastic contamination in salt, seafood, and freshwater fish, which are key parts of the human diet worldwide. Microplastics enter these foods through ocean and river pollution, food processing, packaging, and even airborne particles settling on food. Lab studies link microplastic ingestion to inflammation, oxidative stress, and hormone disruption, though direct evidence of health effects in humans is still limited.
Toxic Effect of Food-Borne Microplastics on Human Health
This review compiles evidence that people ingest thousands of microplastic particles annually through everyday foods including drinking water, salt, fish, tea, and milk, and that these particles can cause cytotoxicity, inflammation, hormone disruption, and even neurotoxicity in experimental models. Microplastics can cross the gut lining and enter the circulatory system, potentially affecting organs throughout the body. The paper serves as a comprehensive summary of the known and suspected human health risks from food-borne microplastic exposure.
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.