Human Health

  • (2024) Microplastics are detected in human gallstones and have the ability to form large cholesterol-microplastic heteroaggregates

    Deyu Zhang a 1, Chang Wu a 1, Yue Liu a 1, Wanshun Li a 1, Shiyu Li a, Lisi Peng a, Le Kang a, Saif Ullah c, Zijun Gong b, Zhaoshen Li a, Dan Ding d 2, Zhendong Jin a 2, Haojie Huang

  • (2024) ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS: THREATS TO HUMAN HEALTH PESTICIDES, PLASTICS, FOREVER CHEMICALS, AND BEYOND

    Andrea C. Gore, Ph.D. Michele A. La Merrill, Ph.D. Heather Patisaul, Ph.D. Robert M. Sargis, M.D., Ph.D.

  • Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Atheromas and Cardiovascular Events

    Raffaele Marfella, M.D., Ph.D., Francesco Prattichizzo, Ph.D., Celestino Sardu, M.D., Ph.D., Gianluca Fulgenzi, Ph.D., Laura Graciotti, Ph.D., Tatiana Spadoni, Ph.D., Nunzia D’Onofrio, Ph.D., Lucia Scisciola, Ph.D., Rosalba La Grotta, Ph.D., Chiara Frigé, M.Sc., Valeria Pellegrini, M.Sc., Maurizio Municinò, M.D., et al.

  • Quantitation and identification of microplastics accumulation in human placental specimens using pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry Get access Arrow

    Marcus A Garcia, Rui Liu, Alex Nihart, Eliane El Hayek, Eliseo Castillo, Enrico R Barrozo, Melissa A Suter, Barry Bleske, Justin Scott, Kyle Forsythe, Jorge Gonzalez-Estrella, Kjersti M Aagaard, Matthew J Campen

  • Prenatal phthalate exposure and adverse birth outcomes in the USA: a prospective analysis of births and estimates of attributable burden and costs

    Prof Leonardo Trasande, MD Morgan E Nelson, MS Prof Akram Alshawabkeh, PhD Prof Emily S Barrett, PhD Jessie P Buckley, PhD Prof Dana Dabelea, MD et al.

  • Chemicals Used in Plastic Materials: An Estimate of the Attributable Disease Burden and Costs in the United States

    Leonardo Trasande, Roopa Krithivasan, Kevin Park, Vladislav Obsekov, Michael Belliveau

  • Anionic nanoplastic contaminants promote Parkinson’s disease–associated α-synuclein aggregation

    Zhiyong Liu, Arpine Sokratian, Addison M. Duda, Enquan Xu, Christina Stanhope, Amber Fu, Samuel Strader, Huizhong Li, Yuan Yuan, Benjamin G. Bobay, Joana Sipe, Ketty Bai, Iben Lundgaard, Na Liu, Belinda Hernandez, Catherine Bowes Rickman, Sara E. Miller, Andrew B. West.

  • FOREVER CHEMICALS IN SINGLE-USE FOOD PACKAGING AND TABLEWARE FROM 17 COUNTRIES

    Jitka Straková, Sara Brosché, Valeriya Grechko

  • Single-use take-away cups of paper are as toxic to aquatic midge larvae as plastic cups

    Bethanie Carney Almroth, Alice Carle, Marion Blanchard, Francesca Molinari, Agathe Bour

  • Temporal trends in microplastic accumulation in placentas from pregnancies in Hawaiʻi

    Rodrigo Barbano Weingrill, Men-Jean Lee, Paula Benny, Jonathan Riel, Kevin Saiki, Jacob Garcia, Lais Farias Azevedo de Magalhaes Oliveira, Eduardo Jorge da Silva Fonseca, Samuel Teixeira de Souza, Flavio de Oliveira Silva D'Amato, Ueslen Rocha Silva, Mariana Lima Dutra, Aldilane Lays Xavier Marques, Alexandre Urban Borbely, Johann Urschitz

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    Prenatal exposure to common plasticizers: a longitudinal study on phthalates, brain volumetric measures, and IQ in youth

    Akhgar Ghassabian, Michiel van den Dries, Leonardo Trasande, Sander Lamballais, Suzanne Spaan, Maria-Pilar Martinez-Moral, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Stephanie M. Engel, Anjoeka Pronk, Tonya White, Henning Tiemeier & Mònica Guxens

  • HIDDEN HAZARDS: THE CHEMICAL FOOTPRINT OF A PLASTIC BOTTLE

    Roopa Krithivasan, PhD, Michael Belliveau, Andrea Lani, Jim Vallette, Material Research, L3C, Jill Weber, Material Research, L3C, Dr. Gillian Miller, Ecology Center, Maya Rommwatt

  • Detection and characterization of microplastics in the human testis and semen

    Qiancheng Zhao, Long Zhu, Jiaming Weng, Zirun Jin, Yalei Cao, Hui Jiang, Zhe Zhang

  • Plastic & Health The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet

    David Azoulay (CIEL), Priscilla Villa (Earthworks), Yvette Arellano (TEJAS), Miriam Gordon (UPSTREAM), Doun Moon (GAIA), and Kathryn Miller and Kristen Thompson (Exeter University)

  • Micro- and Nanoplastics Breach the Blood–Brain Barrier (BBB): Biomolecular Corona’s Role Revealed

    Kopatz V, Wen K, Kovács T, Keimowitz AS, Pichler V, Widder J, Vethaak AD, Hollóczki O, Kenner L

  • Phthalates and Incident Diabetes in Midlife Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Mia Q Peng, Carrie A Karvonen-Gutierrez, William H Herman, Bhramar Mukherjee, Sung Kyun Park

  • Raman Microspectroscopy Detection and Characterisation of Microplastics in Human Breastmilk

    Antonio Ragusa, Valentina Notarstefano, Alessandro Svelato, Alessia Belloni, Giorgia Gioacchini, Christine Blondeel, Emma Zucchelli, Caterina De Luca, Sara D’Avino, Alessandra Gulotta, Oliana Carnevali, and Elisabetta Giorgini

  • Detection of microplastics in human lung tissue using μFTIR spectroscopy

  • Reusable plastic bottles release hundreds of chemicals, study finds

    University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

  • Release of microplastic fibres and fragmentation to billions of nanoplastics from period products: preliminary assessment of potential health implications

    Leonardo Pantoja Munoz, Alejandra Gonzalez Baez, Diane Purchase, Huw Jonesa, and Hemda Garelicka

  • More chemicals, fewer words: Exposure to chemical mixtures during pregnancy alters brain development

    Uppsala University

  • A Children’s Health Perspective on Nano- and Microplastics

    Kam Sripada , Aneta Wierzbicka , Khaled Abass , Joan O. Grimalt , Andreas Erbe , Halina B. Röllin , Pál Weihe , Gabriela Jiménez Díaz , Randolph Reyes Singh , Torkild Visnes , Arja Rautio , Jon Øyvind Odland , and Martin Wagner

  • Adipogenic Activity of Chemicals Used in Plastic Consumer Products

    Johannes Völker, Felicity Ashcroft, Åsa Vedøy, Lisa Zimmermann, and Martin Wagner

  • Overview of intentionally used food contact chemicals and their hazards

    Ksenia J. Groh, Birgit Geueke, Olwenn Martin, Maricel Maffini, Jane Muncke

  • Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet (February 2019)

    Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet (February 2019)

    Center for International Environmental Law(CIEL)

  • Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

    Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta

    Antonio Ragusa, Alessandro Svelato, Criselda Santacroce, Piera Catalano, Valentina Notarstefano, Oliana Carnevali, Fabrizio Papa, Mauro Ciro Antonio Rongioletti, Federico Baiocco, Simonetta Draghi, Elisabetta D'Amore, Denise Rinaldo, Maria Matta, Elisabetta Giorgini

  • Insights into nanoplastics effects on human health

    Insights into nanoplastics effects on human health

    Mariana Teles, Joan Carles Balasch, Miguel Oliveira, Jordi Sardans, Josep Peñuelas