An Overview on Microplastics Hazards to the Marine Ecosystem and Humans’ Health
Asia Grattagliano,
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Zaira Grattagliano,
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Loredana Manfra
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Water,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(7), P. 916 - 916
Published: March 21, 2025
Microplastic
contamination
is
rapidly
becoming
an
increasingly
worrying
environmental
problem
and
poses
a
real
threat
to
marine
ecosystems
human
health.
The
aim
of
this
research
was
conduct
traditional
review
the
current
state
art
regarding
sources
MPs
in
environment,
including
assessment
their
toxic
effect
on
organisms
transfer
within
food
webs
up
humans.
An
extensive
literature
search
(from
1
January
2024
15
February
2025)
yielded
total
1027
primary
articles
topic.
This
overview
revealed
that
can
be
ingested
by
organisms,
migrate
through
intestinal
wall,
spread
other
organs.
They
biomagnify
along
chain
carriers
chemicals
pathogen
agents.
Exposure
lead
several
risks,
tissue
damage,
oxidative
stress,
changes
immune-related
gene
expression,
neurotoxicity,
growth
retardation,
behavioural
abnormalities.
toxicity
depends
mainly
particle
size
distribution
composition/characteristics
polymer.
main
routes
exposure
have
been
identified
as
ingestion
(mainly
seafood),
inhalation,
dermal
exposure.
There
strong
evidence
seafood
MPs,
which
pose
potential
risk
study
provides
basis
for
assessing
MPs’
health
impacts.
Language: Английский
Occurrence and human exposure risk of microplastics in commercially important shrimp species from Northeastern Mediterranean Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
214, P. 117796 - 117796
Published: March 9, 2025
Language: Английский
Microplastic contamination and biological alterations in Atlantic wild fish populations, and human health risks associated to fillet consumption
Marine Environmental Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
208, P. 107139 - 107139
Published: April 12, 2025
Language: Английский
Tracking the microplastic pollution in the freshwater environments of southeastern Türkiye: Usage of Unio delicatus, Unio Terminalis and Dreissena polymorpha as bioindicators of microplastics
Journal of Contaminant Hydrology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 104577 - 104577
Published: April 1, 2025
Language: Английский