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Micro(Nano)Plastics as Carriers of Toxic Agents and Their Impact on Human Health

In: Advances and Challenges in Microplastics

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  • Karla Lizzeth Morales-Cano
  • Carolina Pena-Montes
  • Leandro Hermida-Castellanos
  • Luis Alberto Peralta Pelaez
  • Carlos M. Adame-Adame

Abstract

Currently, globally the demand and production of plastic items are increasing exorbitantly, generating a large amount of waste, and polluting the ecosystem, a site in which degradation processes are triggered, which give rise to smaller particles such as micro(nano)plastics (MNP). Continuous human exposure to these particles generates negative alterations in the host's health. Three routes of MNP exposure or contact have been established: inhalation, ingestion of particles, and dermal absorption. Recently, it has been pointed out that microplastics (MP) can even be found in the human placenta. This chapter aims to compile and provide information on their role as conveyor vectors of agents potentially toxic to humans, mechanisms by which they enter the human body, their bioaccumulation, and health human effects.

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  • Karla Lizzeth Morales-Cano & Carolina Pena-Montes & Leandro Hermida-Castellanos & Luis Alberto Peralta Pelaez & Carlos M. Adame-Adame, 2023. "Micro(Nano)Plastics as Carriers of Toxic Agents and Their Impact on Human Health," Chapters, in: El-Sayed Salama (ed.), Advances and Challenges in Microplastics, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:291149
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.111889
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    Keywords

    microplastics; nanoplastics; conveyor; gut; microbiota; inflammation; health;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q52 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Pollution Control Adoption and Costs; Distributional Effects; Employment Effects
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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