Antonietta Santoro, Marianna Marino, Laura N Vandenberg, Marta Anna Szychlinska, Erwin Pavel Lamparelli, Federica Scalia, Natalia Della Rocca, Raffaella D'Auria, Grazia Maria Giovanna Pastorino, Giovanna Della Porta, Francesca Felicia Operto, Andrea Viggiano, Francesco Cappello, Rosaria Meccariello
BACKGROUND: Environmental exposures to non-biodegradable and biodegradable plastics are unavoidable. Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) from the manufacturing of plastics (primary sources) and the degradation of plastic waste (secondary sources) can enter the food chain directly or indirectly and, passing biological barriers, could target both the brain and the gonads. Hence, the worldwide diffusion of environmental plastic contamination (PLASTAMINATION) in daily life may represent a possible and potentially serious risk to human health...
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