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Microplastics in air: Are we breathing it in?
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“Atmospheric MP are of low density, therefore they can be dispersed easily and pose widespread inhalation risks (Gasperi et al., 2018).”
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“This may result from particle overload, which can impair clearance mechanisms and lead to oxidative stress, cytotoxicity, and other adverse effects (Gasperi et al., 2018).”
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“These substances have the potential to be harmful to human health, causing mutations, carcinogenic effects, and reproductive toxicity [4].”
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“Some microplastics can evade the mucociliary clearance mechanisms of the lung, and they can be deposited in the respiratory system, particularly in people with impaired clearance mechanisms [4].”
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“The atmosphere is one of the pathways in which microplastic pollutants exist as it is evident that microplastic fibers have been found in outdoor and indoor air [4,5].”
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“which may have originated from synthetic textiles or fabric tearing [4,22].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gasperi, J., Wright, S. L., Dris, R., Collard, F., Mandin, C., Guerrouache, M., Langlois, V., Kelly, F. J., & Tassin, B.
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-02
- Volume
- 1
- Pages
- 1-5
- ISSN
- 2468-5844
- Cited by
- 1,080
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- Language
- en
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