Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Human Diet: Sources of Exposure, Bioavailability, Toxicokinetics, and Systemic Health Effects
Łukasz Kogut, Czesław Puchalski, Julia Jastrzębska, Grzegorz Zaguła · 2026
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Łukasz Kogut, Czesław Puchalski, Julia Jastrzębska, and Grzegorz Zaguła review plastic particles in the human diet in this 2026 paper. Tiny plastic bits now contaminate food and water worldwide. The smallest ones may slip through the gut wall and travel through the body, which raises health questions.
The review gathers two decades of research on sources, from farm produce to packaging that sheds into food. Most swallowed particles pass out again, but lab studies link the tiniest ones to cell stress, inflammation, and hormone disruption across many organs. Human evidence, though, stays thin and mostly observational. The authors weigh biological plausibility against that gap and urge better human studies.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Łukasz Kogut, Czesław Puchalski, Julia Jastrzębska, Grzegorz Zaguła |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 103 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |