Micro- and Nano-plastics May Reshape Cell Mechanics and Disrupt Hydrogen Sulfide Signaling
A new review argues that micro- and nano-plastics may damage cells not only biochemically but by altering the mechanical properties ...
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Microplastic risk models may be built on a mathematical illusion, review warns
A critical review argues that human microplastic toxicokinetic parameters are structurally non-identifiable because no existing dataset co-measures intake and elimination ...
Polystyrene Micro- and Nanoplastics Reshape Tropical Soil Nutrients but Leave Lettuce Growth Untouched
A 45-day greenhouse experiment found that polystyrene microplastics and nanoplastics significantly increased ammonium, nitrate, and available phosphorus in tropical soil ...
Disposable coffee cups shed trillions of tiny plastic particles daily, hazard screen finds
A new study estimates disposable coffee cups could shed up to 2.74 × 10¹¹ submicron plastic particles per person daily ...
Polystyrene Nanoplastics Drive Colorectal Tumors in Mice by Disrupting Gut Microbiome and Immunity
A mouse study finds chronic polystyrene nanoplastic exposure promotes colorectal tumorigenesis by depleting a protective gut bacterium and weakening Th17 ...
Europe’s Research Infrastructures Push to Untangle the Microplastics Mess
A new perspective argues that coordinating European research infrastructures is the key to overcoming fragmentation in micro- and nanoplastic research.
CLEAN Framework Applies Occupational Safety Logic to Global Microplastic Pollution
A new review proposes the CLEAN framework—Cut, Lock, Extract, Amend, Network—as a prevention-driven One Health roadmap for managing microplastic pollution ...
Gut-on-a-chip reveals how 20 nm nanoplastics may inflame intestinal cells
A Caco-2 spheroid and organ-on-a-chip study reports that 20 nm polystyrene nanoplastics induced oxidative, inflammatory, and epithelial-associated alterations in a ...
Micro- and Nanoplastics May Harm Oocytes Through Oxidative Stress and Endocrine Disruption, Review Finds
A new review synthesizes animal and human evidence suggesting that micro- and nanoplastics may impair oocyte development through several molecular ...
Systematic review finds major gaps in assessing plastic contaminants in infant food
A systematic review finds critical methodological gaps in exposure estimates for microplastics, nanoplastics and oligomers in infant food.
Scoping review finds intestinal microplastic research dominated by simplified lab models
A scoping review of 90 studies finds intestinal micro- and nanoplastic research heavily concentrated in Caco-2 in vitro models, polystyrene ...
Potassium nanoparticles mitigate measured nanoplastic stress in tomato plants
A controlled tomato experiment found that foliar potassium nanoparticles improved selected growth and glucose measurements and reduced oxidative-stress markers under ...
Review separates maternal microplastic transfer from offspring harm
A critical review finds limited evidence that microplastics pass directly from exposed aquatic parents to embryos while warning that offspring ...
Micro- and Nanoplastics May Disrupt Neural Crest Development, Review Proposes Testable Model
Micro- and nanoplastics have now been detected in some of the most intimate environments the human body contains: the placenta, ...
AI Audit of 950 Studies Reveals Most Microplastic Exposure Data Fall Short for Health Risk Assessment
The scale of the new analysis is what sets it apart from earlier efforts to grade the microplastics literature. Previous ...
Water lettuce under dual attack: multi-omics reveals a defense-for-photosynthesis trade-off
The water lettuce Pistia stratiotes occupies a distinctive position among aquatic macrophytes because of its rapid growth, floating habit, and ...
Microplastics Turn Chemically Reactive in Water, Raising New Health Concerns
A new Nature study shows that microplastic surfaces become chemically reactive in water, generating tissue-damaging radicals that may explain links ...
Microplastics Overwhelm Liver Immune Cells and Derail Metabolism in Mice
A twelve-week mouse study shows that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in liver macrophages and disrupt metabolism in strikingly different ways ...
Plastic particles are now inside us, but do they make us sick?
A sweeping review finds micro- and nanoplastics throughout human tissues and plausible mechanisms of harm, while cautioning that definitive proof ...
Shattered Plastics Turn More Toxic: Fragmented Particles Grow Chemically Reactive as They Break Down
A new study shows that plastic particles become chemically rougher, more oxidized, and more biologically reactive as mechanical fragmentation shrinks ...
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