Where is the evidence that human exposure to microplastics is safe?

H A Leslie¹, M H Depledge²

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¹ Dept. of Environment and Health, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: heather.leslie@vu.nl.
² European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK. Electronic address: http://www.ecehh.org.

PMID: 32599356
PMCID: PMC7319653
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105807

Where is the evidence that human exposure to microplastics is safe?

H A Leslie et al. Environ Int. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep:142:105807.

doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105807. Epub 2020 Jun 26.

Authors

H A Leslie¹, M H Depledge²

Affiliations

¹ Dept. of Environment and Health, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: heather.leslie@vu.nl.
² European Centre for Environment and Human Health, University of Exeter Medical School, Knowledge Spa, Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro, Cornwall TR1 3HD, UK. Electronic address: http://www.ecehh.org.

PMID: 32599356
PMCID: PMC7319653
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105807

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Keywords: Exposure; Microplastic; Nanoplastic; Public health risk; Toxicity.

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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