Microplastics (MPs) are critical emerging pollutants found in the environment worldwide; however, its toxicity in aquatic in amphibians, is poorly known. Thus, the aim of the present study is to assess the toxi
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Our research shows that we are ingesting microplastics at the levels consistent with harmful effects on cells, which are in many cases the initiating event for health effects . . . We know that microplastics can cross the barriers of cells and also break them, We know they can also cause ox...
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This extensive degradation of larger more brittle plastics into fragments increases the bioavailability of plastics to the food web. Microplastics (1 μm - 5 mm) are both the result of non-degraded products, primary microplastics (Fig. 1A), such as the microbeads found in exfoliants, industrial...
Plastic waste has been shown to be harmful to the environment and our health. Plastic waste does not decompose quickly. Instead, it breaks down into dangerous microplastic particles. Microplastics are difficult to track and can easily make their way into our water and food. In total, humans ...