Potential human health risks due to environmental exposure to nano- and microplastics and knowledge gaps: A scoping review

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 757; p. 143872
• Main Authors: Rahman, Arifur, Sarkar, Atanu, Yadav, Om Prakash, Achari, Gopal, Slobodnik, Jaroslav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 25.02.2021
• Subjects: air; ecology; environment; environmental exposure; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental Monitoring; human health; Human health effects; Humans; Microplastics; Nano plastics; neurotoxicity; oxidative stress; pathogenesis; Plastics - toxicity; risk; Scoping review; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Scoping review; Human health effects; Microplastics; Nano plastics

Microplastics are an emerging global environmental contaminant that are affecting multiple spheres. Despite their ubiquity in all spheres of life and ecology, little is known about the health effects of microplastics exposure to humans. This scoping review explores the existing evidence on the poten...