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Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products
Plastics are used ubiquitously and have become part of our everyday life. The global production of plastics is rising, which in consequence is leading to increasing amounts of plastics being released into the environment. Recently, the issue of human exposure to micro‐ and nanoplastic particles and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7691612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33294041 http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.e181102 |
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author | Shopova, Sofiya Sieg, Holger Braeuning, Albert |
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description | Plastics are used ubiquitously and have become part of our everyday life. The global production of plastics is rising, which in consequence is leading to increasing amounts of plastics being released into the environment. Recently, the issue of human exposure to micro‐ and nanoplastic particles and potentially resulting toxicological consequences has been broached, triggered by the discovery of microplastics in foodstuff. In addition to dietary exposure via contaminated food and beverages, other exposure paths such as via air and cosmetics, have to be considered. Currently there is no legislation for microplastics and nanoplastics as contaminants in food. Substantial data gaps with respect to exposure as well as toxicity of such particles impede the risk assessment. Within this EU‐FORA fellowship project, a comprehensive data mining approach was followed, focusing on up‐to‐date knowledge on the occurrence and possible toxic effects associated with micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure, especially via food products and beverages, in order to provide a basis for risk assessment and to identify important research gaps. The fellowship project was further complemented by practical work aimed at the determination of in vitro toxicity of micro‐sized polylactic acid particles. |
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spelling | pubmed-76916122020-12-07 Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products Shopova, Sofiya Sieg, Holger Braeuning, Albert EFSA J EU‐FORA Series 3 Plastics are used ubiquitously and have become part of our everyday life. The global production of plastics is rising, which in consequence is leading to increasing amounts of plastics being released into the environment. Recently, the issue of human exposure to micro‐ and nanoplastic particles and potentially resulting toxicological consequences has been broached, triggered by the discovery of microplastics in foodstuff. In addition to dietary exposure via contaminated food and beverages, other exposure paths such as via air and cosmetics, have to be considered. Currently there is no legislation for microplastics and nanoplastics as contaminants in food. Substantial data gaps with respect to exposure as well as toxicity of such particles impede the risk assessment. Within this EU‐FORA fellowship project, a comprehensive data mining approach was followed, focusing on up‐to‐date knowledge on the occurrence and possible toxic effects associated with micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure, especially via food products and beverages, in order to provide a basis for risk assessment and to identify important research gaps. The fellowship project was further complemented by practical work aimed at the determination of in vitro toxicity of micro‐sized polylactic acid particles. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7691612/ /pubmed/33294041 http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.e181102 Text en © 2020 European Food Safety Authority. EFSA Journal published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd on behalf of European Food Safety Authority. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | EU‐FORA Series 3 Shopova, Sofiya Sieg, Holger Braeuning, Albert Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products |
title | Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products |
title_full | Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products |
title_fullStr | Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products |
title_short | Risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products |
title_sort | risk assessment and toxicological research on micro‐ and nanoplastics after oral exposure via food products |
topic | EU‐FORA Series 3 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7691612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33294041 http://dx.doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.e181102 |
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