Atmospheric Pollution Research, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 102585 - 102585
Опубликована: Май 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
Environmental Pollution, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 343, С. 123190 - 123190
Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2023
Язык: Английский
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Heliyon, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 9(10), С. e20440 - e20440
Опубликована: Сен. 26, 2023
Microplastics, measuring less than 5 mm in diameter, are now found various environmental media, including soil, water, and air, have infiltrated the food chain, ultimately becoming a part of human diet. This study offers comprehensive examination intricate nexus between microplastics health, thereby contributing to existing knowledge on subject. Sources microplastics, microfibers from textiles, personal care products, wastewater treatment plants, among others, were assessed. The meticulously examined diverse routes microplastic exposure—ingestion, inhalation, dermal contact—offering insights into associated health risks. Notably, ingestion has been linked gastrointestinal disturbances, endocrine disruption, potential transmission pathogenic bacteria. Inhalation airborne emerges as critical concern, with possible implications for respiratory cardiovascular health. Dermal contact, although explored, raises prospect skin irritation allergic reactions. impacts COVID-19 pollution also highlighted. Throughout manuscript, need deeper mechanistic understanding interactions systems is emphasized, underscoring urgency further research public awareness.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Environment International, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 184, С. 108444 - 108444
Опубликована: Янв. 19, 2024
There is a growing concern within the medical community about potential burden of microplastics on human organs and tissues. In this study, we investigated by microRaman spectroscopy presence in kidneys urine. Moreover, an open-access software was developed validated for project, which enabled comparison between spectra self-created spectral database, thus enhancing ability to characterize polymers pigments biological matrices. Healthy portions ten obtained from nephrectomies, as well urine samples healthy donors were analyzed: 26 particles both kidney identified, with sizes ranging 3 13 μm 1 29 kidneys. The most frequently determined are polyethylene polystyrene, while common hematite Cu-phthalocyanine. This preclinical study proves renal tissues confirms their urine, providing first evidence deposition humans.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Journal of Water Process Engineering, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 65, С. 105854 - 105854
Опубликована: Июль 23, 2024
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 908, С. 168398 - 168398
Опубликована: Ноя. 11, 2023
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Environmental Science & Technology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 57(33), С. 12137 - 12152
Опубликована: Авг. 14, 2023
Microorganisms colonizing the surfaces of microplastics form a plastisphere in environment, which captures miscellaneous substances. The plastisphere, owning to its inherently complex nature, may serve as "Petri dish" for development and dissemination antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), adding layer complexity tackling global challenge both ARGs. Increasing studies have drawn insights into extent proliferation ARGs occurred presence micro/nanoplastics, thereby increasing antimicrobial (AMR). However, comprehensive review is still lacking consideration current increasingly scattered research focus results. This focuses on spread mediated by microplastics, especially challenges perspectives determining contribution AMR. accumulates biotic abiotic materials persistent surfaces, which, turn, offers preferred environment gene exchange within across boundary plastisphere. Microplastics breaking down smaller sizes, such nanoscale, can possibly promote horizontal transfer environmental stressors inducing overgeneration reactive oxygen species. Additionally, we also discussed methods, quantitatively comparing ARG profiles among different samples this emerging field that multidimensional parameters are great necessity systematically determine risk Finally, based biological sequencing data, offered framework assess AMR risks micro/nanoplastics biocolonizable microparticles leverage AMR-associated messages, including ARGs' abundance, mobility, potential acquisition pathogens.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 24(18), С. 14391 - 14391
Опубликована: Сен. 21, 2023
Plastic pollution became a main challenge for human beings as demonstrated by the increasing dispersion of plastic waste into environment. Microplastics (MPs) have become ubiquitous and humans are exposed daily to inhalation or ingestion microparticles. Recent studies performed using mainly spectroscopy spectrometry-based techniques shown astounding evidence presence MPs in tissues, organs fluids. The placenta, meconium, breast milk, lung, intestine, liver, heart cardiovascular system, blood, urine cerebrovascular liquid afflicted MPs’ deposition. On whole, obtained data underline great heterogeneity among different tissue polymers characterized microparticles’ dimension, even if most them seem be below 50–100 µm. Evidence possible contribution diseases is still limited this field study medicine an initial state. However, on their toxicity vitro vivo suggest worrying effects cells mediated oxidative stress, inflammation fibrosis. Nephrological insufficient kidneys lacking, but little present literature has histological functional alteration animal models cytotoxicity through apoptosis, autophagy, stress kidney cells. Overall, manuscript we report review recommends urgent further analyze potential correlations between disease exposure human.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 918, С. 170382 - 170382
Опубликована: Фев. 1, 2024
Microplastics (MPs) composed of different polymers with various shapes, within a vast granulometric distribution (1 μm - 5 mm) and wide variety physicochemical surface bulk characteristics spiral around the globe, atmospheric, oceanic, cryospheric, terrestrial residence times, while interacting other pollutants biota. The challenges microplastic pollution are related to complex relationships between generation mechanisms (physical, chemical, biological), their properties, interactions microorganisms, changes in properties aging, small sizes that facilitate diffusion transportation air, water, land, biota, thereby promoting ubiquity. Early career researchers (ERCs) constitute an essential part scientific community committed overcoming new ideas innovative perspectives for development remediation technologies. However, because enormous amount information available, it may be difficult ERCs determine complexity this environmental issue. This mini-review aims provide quick updated overview insights help them acquire background needed develop highly physical, biological technologies, as well valorization proposals education awareness campaigns. Moreover, recommendations holistic strategies presented here can propose technologies considering environmental, social, practical dimensions fulfilling current government policies manage plastic waste.
Язык: Английский
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The Science of The Total Environment, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 951, С. 175643 - 175643
Опубликована: Авг. 22, 2024
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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Microplastics, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 3(1), С. 46 - 66
Опубликована: Янв. 11, 2024
Given the broad and intense use of plastic, society is being increasingly affected by its degradation by-products, particularly microplastics (MPs), fragments smaller than 5 mm in size, nanoplastics (NPs), with sizes less 1 µm. MPs NPs may enter body primarily through inhalation, consumption, skin contact. Once ingested, can penetrate tissues, deviating to other parts potentially affecting important cellular pathways such as nonconforming chemokine receptors that control communication between fetus mother. Consequently, potential health harm induced via MP internalization a major issue, evidenced multiple studies demonstrating harmful consequences diverse animal models human cells. Here, an overview various modes exposure presented, including placental transfer, ingestion, breastmilk absorption, well fetal toxicity due plastic particles based on vitro studies. Though our environment are becoming more recognized, their developmental still scarcely known. Besides negatively pregnancy, have been shown developing fetus, given ability cross barrier. Still, considerable gaps remain understanding dispersion these precise types bearing greatest dangers. As result, we advocate for larger-scale epidemiological investigations, development novel approaches measuring NP exposures, necessity kinds guide future research efforts.
Язык: Английский
Процитировано
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