Estimation of the mass of microplastics ingested – A pivotal first step towards human health risk assessment

• Published in: Journal of hazardous materials Vol. 404; no. Pt B; p. 124004
• Main Authors: Senathirajah, Kala, Attwood, Simon, Bhagwat, Geetika, Carbery, Maddison, Wilson, Scott, Palanisami, Thava
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.02.2021
• Subjects: Environmental Monitoring; Exposure pathways; Food Chain; food webs; health effects assessments; Human health; Humans; Ingestion; issues and policy; Microplastics; Plastic pollution; Plastics - toxicity; Risk; Risk Assessment; toxicology; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; PP; PSD; Exposure pathways; Human health; MP; PS; BPS; EDC; Risk; ANMP; PCB; Ingestion; Plastic pollution; POP; BPA; GARMI; GIT; PC; PE; PBDE; AMIMP; Microplastics; PVC; PET

The ubiquitous presence of microplastics in the food web has been established. However, the mass of microplastics exposure to humans is not defined, impeding the human health risk assessment. Our objectives were to extract the data from the available evidence on the number and mass of microplastics...