Bao Ya-Bo, Wang Cheng-Chen, Peng Wu-Guang, Nong Dai-Qian, Xiang Ping
Institute of Environmental Remediation and Human Health, School of Ecology and Environment, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China.
Yunnan Provincial Innovative Team of Environmental Pollution, Food Safety, and Human Health, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China.
Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2024 Feb 8;45(2):1173-1184. doi: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202303260.
The effect of microplastics on the ecological environment and human health has become a topical issue, and research on the risks and harmful effects of MPs on human health in particular has attracted widespread attention. Due to the characteristics of small size, low degradability, and easy migration, MPs continuously migrate from the environment to the human body, and their main exposure pathways are oral ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact, with the main exposure media being food, drinking water, dust, personal care products, etc. MPs have been detected in organs, fluids, and excreta of digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, reproductive systems, etc. The abundance range of MPs in the human body is 0-1 206.94 particles per gram. After entering the human body, MPs can cause cytotoxicity, mitochondrial toxicity, DNA damage, cell membrane damage, and other effects on human cells and organs, leading to serious consequences such as local inflammation, ecological imbalance, metabolic disorders, etc., in various systems. Owing to their small specific surface area, they can also adsorb pollutants such as heavy metals, organic pollutants, antibiotics, pathogens, and harmful microorganisms, causing combined toxicity and immunotoxicity. In the end, we highlighted general deficiencies in existing studies and provided directions for future research on the influence of MPs on human health.
微塑料对生态环境和人类健康的影响已成为一个热门话题,尤其是关于微塑料对人类健康的风险和有害影响的研究受到了广泛关注。由于微塑料具有体积小、难降解和易迁移的特点,它们不断从环境迁移到人体,其主要暴露途径是经口摄入、吸入和皮肤接触,主要暴露介质包括食物、饮用水、灰尘、个人护理产品等。在消化系统、呼吸系统、心血管系统、生殖系统等的器官、体液和排泄物中都检测到了微塑料。人体中微塑料的丰度范围为每克0至1206.94个颗粒。微塑料进入人体后,会对人体细胞和器官造成细胞毒性、线粒体毒性、DNA损伤、细胞膜损伤等影响,导致各个系统出现局部炎症、生态失衡、代谢紊乱等严重后果。由于它们的比表面积小,还能吸附重金属、有机污染物、抗生素、病原体和有害微生物等污染物,造成联合毒性和免疫毒性。最后,我们强调了现有研究中的普遍不足,并为未来关于微塑料对人类健康影响的研究提供了方向。