Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review
Microplastic (MP) contamination has become a pervasive global issue, affecting terrestrial and aquatic environments, and its potential health hazards are of widespread concern. This review examined the intricate relationship between animal exposure to MPs and their health effects, revealing that MP...
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| description | Microplastic (MP) contamination has become a pervasive global issue, affecting terrestrial and aquatic environments, and its potential health hazards are of widespread concern. This review examined the intricate relationship between animal exposure to MPs and their health effects, revealing that MP contamination affects a broad spectrum of animal species across terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Crucially, interspecies differences in ingestion, accumulation, and responses to MPs emerge as central themes arising from various factors, including feeding behavior, physiology, and ecological niches. The health implications of MP exposure are multifarious; animals may suffer physical harm, endure chemical exposure to adsorbed contaminants, provoke inflammatory responses, and undergo behavioral modifications. Chronic exposure to MPs raises concerns about their long-term health consequences, and the ability of MPs to adsorb and transport chemicals has implications for the bioaccumulation of pollutants within food webs. The ecological ramifications of MP contamination are profound, impacting animal behavior, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes. The intricate interplay between animals and MPs underscores the need for interdisciplinary research that unites fields such as biology, ecology, chemistry, and toxicology. Recognizing the relationship between animal exposure to MPs and their health effects has significant implications, particularly as the potential for MPs to enter the human food chain through animals underscores the need for research on human health risks. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-528b59ba74134629a3bf9f04cef97f112024-12-13T10:58:11ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Emerging Contaminants2405-66502024-12-01104100369Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A reviewEunju Jeong0Jin-Yong Lee1Mostafa Redwan2Department of Geology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Geology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 24341, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author.Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Nasser City, 82524, EgyptMicroplastic (MP) contamination has become a pervasive global issue, affecting terrestrial and aquatic environments, and its potential health hazards are of widespread concern. This review examined the intricate relationship between animal exposure to MPs and their health effects, revealing that MP contamination affects a broad spectrum of animal species across terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Crucially, interspecies differences in ingestion, accumulation, and responses to MPs emerge as central themes arising from various factors, including feeding behavior, physiology, and ecological niches. The health implications of MP exposure are multifarious; animals may suffer physical harm, endure chemical exposure to adsorbed contaminants, provoke inflammatory responses, and undergo behavioral modifications. Chronic exposure to MPs raises concerns about their long-term health consequences, and the ability of MPs to adsorb and transport chemicals has implications for the bioaccumulation of pollutants within food webs. The ecological ramifications of MP contamination are profound, impacting animal behavior, population dynamics, and ecosystem processes. The intricate interplay between animals and MPs underscores the need for interdisciplinary research that unites fields such as biology, ecology, chemistry, and toxicology. Recognizing the relationship between animal exposure to MPs and their health effects has significant implications, particularly as the potential for MPs to enter the human food chain through animals underscores the need for research on human health risks.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405665024000702MicroplasticsAnimalHealth effectExposure pathwayToxicity |
| spellingShingle | Eunju Jeong Jin-Yong Lee Mostafa Redwan Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review Emerging Contaminants Microplastics Animal Health effect Exposure pathway Toxicity |
| title | Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review |
| title_full | Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review |
| title_fullStr | Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review |
| title_short | Animal exposure to microplastics and health effects: A review |
| title_sort | animal exposure to microplastics and health effects a review |
| topic | Microplastics Animal Health effect Exposure pathway Toxicity |
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