Food and human safety: the impact of microplastics

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 64(11), P. 3502 - 3521

Published: Oct. 17, 2022

Plastic waste pollution is one of the biggest problems in world today. The amount plastic environment continues to increase, and human exposure microplastic (MP) has become a reality. This subject attracted attention whole world. MP problem also been noticed by scientific community. term mostly used define synthetic material with high polymer content that can have size range from 0.1 5000 µm. paper aims characterize routes MP, its sources, identify food types contaminated plastics. review addresses current state knowledge on this type particles, particular emphasis their influence health. Adverse effects depend sources exposure. most common route believed be gastrointestinal tract. Sources include fish, shellfish, water as well tea, beer, wine, energy drinks, soft milk, salt, sugar, honey, poultry meat, fruits, vegetables. Studies shown particles PET, PE, PP, PS, PVC, PA, PC are frequently found food.

Language: Английский

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Microplastic Pollution: Chemical Characterization and Impact on Wildlife

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 20(3), P. 1745 - 1745

Published: Jan. 18, 2023

Microplastics are small pieces of plastic that less than 5 mm in size and can be found most environments, including the oceans, rivers, air. These particles have negative impacts on wildlife environment. In this review literature, we analyze presence microplastics various species wildlife, fish, birds, mammals. We describe a variety analytical techniques, such as microscopy spectrometry, which identify quantify samples. addition, techniques sample preparation discussed. Summary results show present all studied, with highest concentrations often fish birds. The literature suggests widely distributed environment potential to affect wide range species. Further research is required fully understand

Language: Английский

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Review of research on migration, distribution, biological effects, and analytical methods of microfibers in the environment

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 855, P. 158922 - 158922

Published: Sept. 22, 2022

Language: Английский

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Can plastic pollution drive the emergence and dissemination of novel zoonotic diseases?

Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 246, P. 118172 - 118172

Published: Jan. 12, 2024

As the volume of plastic in environment increases, so too does human interactions with pollution. Similarly, domestic, feral, and wild animals are increasingly interacting pollution, highlighting potential for contamination wastes animal faeces, urine, saliva, blood. Substantial evidence indicates that once environment, plastics rapidly become colonised by microbial biofilm (the so-called 'plastisphere), which often includes potentially harmful pathogens (including zoonotic nature). Climate change, increased urbanisation, intensification agriculture, mean three-way between humans, animals, pollution becoming more frequent, is significant as almost 60% emerging infectious diseases during last century have been zoonotic. Here, we critically review contaminated environmental to facilitate evolution novel pathogenic strains microorganisms, subsequent role cyclical dissemination pathogens. continues grow, entering there clearly an urgent need better understand waste facilitating pathogen dissemination, effect this can on health.

Language: Английский

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Interaction between Microplastics and Pathogens in Subsurface System: What We Know So Far

Water, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 499 - 499

Published: Feb. 4, 2024

Microplastics (MPs) are abundant in soil and the subsurface environment. They can co-transport with pathogens or act as vectors for pathogens, potentially causing severe ecological harm. The interaction of MPs is an important topic. To describe origins features environment, we evaluated relevant studies conducted laboratory field groundwater habitats. We explore interactions between microplastics from three perspectives including respective physicochemical properties external environmental factors, binding pathogens. effects some mechanisms factors on their discussed. key affecting particle size, specific surface area, shape functional groups MPs, zeta potential auxiliary metabolic genes hydrophobicity both. Environmental indirectly affect process by changing properties. These findings advance our knowledge behavior MPs–pathogens associated health hazards.

Language: Английский

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Microplastic transport dynamics in surcharging and overflowing manholes

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 899, P. 165683 - 165683

Published: July 20, 2023

The transport of microplastics within urban water systems remains poorly understood, with little prior research on their behaviour manhole configurations. This study represents the first to measure and model dynamics circular square manholes under different hydraulic scenarios. fate polyethylene (PE) was quantified compared solutes (Rhodamine WT dye) using energy losses, residence time distributions (RTDs), mixing models surcharging overflowing manholes. bulk mass solute PE concentrations followed similar flow paths across all conditions except for 17.3 ± 7.9 % that immobilized in a dead zone above inlet pipe surcharge diameter ratio ≥2. Consequently, these only exit after significant change regime occurs, causing be at risk being contaminated over prolonged duration. No differences were found between geometries. deconvolution method outperformed ADZ goodness fit (Rt2) values 0.99 (0.60) 1.00 (0.89) mixing, respectively. establishes as most accurate appropriate accurately predict microplastic drainage systems.

Language: Английский

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Plastic pollution and fungal, protozoan, and helminth pathogens – A neglected environmental and public health issue?

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 882, P. 163093 - 163093

Published: March 28, 2023

Plastic waste is ubiquitous in the environment and can become colonised by distinct microbial biofilm communities, known collectively as 'plastisphere.' The plastisphere facilitate increased survival dissemination of human pathogenic prokaryotes (e.g., bacteria); however, our understanding potential for plastics to harbour disseminate eukaryotic pathogens lacking. Eukaryotic microorganisms are abundant natural environments represent some most important disease-causing agents, responsible tens millions infections, deaths worldwide. While prokaryotic communities terrestrial, freshwater, marine relatively well characterised, such biofilms will also contain species. Here, we critically review fungal, protozoan, helminth associate with plastisphere, consider regulation mechanisms this interaction. As volume continues rise there an urgent need understand role survival, virulence, dissemination, transfer pathogens, effect have on environmental health.

Language: Английский

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Integrated watershed management solutions for healthy coastal ecosystems and people

Cambridge Prisms Coastal Futures, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 1

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Abstract Tropical coastal ecosystems are in decline worldwide due to an increasing suite of human activities, which threaten the biodiversity and wellbeing that these support. One major drivers is poor water quality from land-based activities. This review summarises evidence impacts ecosystems, particularly coral reefs, sediments, nutrients, chemicals pathogens entering zones through surface groundwater. We also assess how pollutants affect health populations through: (1) enhanced transmission infectious diseases; (2) reduced food availability nutritional deficit fisheries associated with degraded habitat; (3) poisoning consumption contaminated seafood. use this information identify opportunities for holistic approaches integrated watershed management (IWM) target overlapping ill-health downstream people. demonstrate appropriate requires taking a multi-sector, systems approach accounts socio-ecological feedbacks, collaboration required across environmental, agricultural, public health, water, sanitation hygiene sectors, as well land–sea interface. Finally, we provide recommendations key actions IWM can help achieve multiple sustainable development goals both nature people on coasts.

Language: Английский

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Plastic leachate exposure drives antibiotic resistance and virulence in marine bacterial communities

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 327, P. 121558 - 121558

Published: April 3, 2023

Plastic pollution is a serious global problem, with more than 12 million tonnes of plastic waste entering the oceans every year. debris can have considerable impacts on microbial community structure and functions in marine environments, has been associated an enrichment pathogenic bacteria antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes. However, our understanding these largely restricted to assemblages surfaces. It therefore unclear whether effects are driven by surface properties plastics, providing additional niche for certain microbes residing biofilms, and/or chemicals leached from which could extend surrounding planktonic bacteria. Here, we examine polyvinyl chloride (PVC) leachate exposure relative abundance genes bacterial pathogenicity AMR within seawater microcosm community. We show that PVC leachate, absence surfaces, drives virulence In particular, significantly enriches confer multidrug, aminoglycoside peptide antibiotic resistance. Additionally, involved extracellular secretion proteins was observed among pathogens organisms. This study provides first evidence particles alone enrich related pathogenesis community, expanding knowledge environmental potential consequences human ecosystem health.

Language: Английский

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Are microplastics spreading infectious disease?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 120(31)

Published: July 26, 2023

STEM PhDs increasingly contribute to commercial science, such as patenting. We analyze faculty’s role in training PhD students new inventors on patents at leading research universities, emphasizing the drivers of gender differences. ...STEM are a critical source human capital economy, contributing well academic science. examine whether become (file their first patent) during doctoral top 25 U.S. ...

Language: Английский

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