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Dietary habits and health conditions associated with microplastics in human feces
Silva, Sara A. M.; Walker, Tony R.; Prata, Joana C.Background: Microplastics (MPs) are emerging environmental contaminants that have been detected in various human biological samples, raising concerns about their potential health impacts [1]. Given the increasing presence of MPs in food, beverages, and the environment, understanding exposure pathways and human health effects is crucial. Objective: This review aims to evaluate recent epidemiological studies on M...
Do’s and don’ts of microplastic research: a comprehensive guide
Prata, Joana C.; Padrão, Jorge; Khan, Muhammad Tariq; Walker, Tony R.Microplastics are environmental contaminants consisting of small plastics ≤ 5 mm. Concerns over the adverse effects of microplastics have led to a rapid growth in the available literature despite the lack of harmonized methods and materials. Therefore, the field is becoming increasingly daunting to new researchers. A state-of-theart guide was assembled following a comprehensive literature review of microplastic...
Phytochemicals and bioactive constituents in food packaging: a systematic review
Siddiqui, Shahida Anusha; Khan, Sipper; Mehdizadeh, Mohammad; Bahmid, Nur Alim; Adli, Danung Nur; Walker, Tony R.; Perestrelo, Rosa; Câmara, José S.Designing and manufacturing functional bioactive ingredients and pharmaceuticals have grown worldwide. Consumers demand for safe ingredients and concerns over harmful synthetic addi tives have prompted food manufacturers to seek safer and sustainable alternative solutions. In recent years the preference by consumers to natural bioactive agents over synthetic compounds increased exponentially, and consequently, ...
The PREDICTS database: A global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity ...
Hudson, Lawrence N.; Newbold, Tim; Contu, Sara; Hill, Samantha L.L.; Lysenko, Igor; Palma, Adriana de; Phillips, Helen R.P.; Senior, Rebecca A.Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodivers...
The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity ...
Hudson, Lawrence N.; Newbold, Tim; Contu, Sara; Hill, Samantha L. L.; Lysenko, Igor; De Palma, Adriana; Phillips, Helen R. P.; Senior, Rebecca A.Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species' threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodivers...
The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity ...
Hudson, Lawrence N.; Newbold, Tim; Contu, Sara; Hill, Samantha L.L.; Lysenko, Igor; De Palma, Adriana; Phillips, Helen R.P.; Senior, Rebecca A.Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global databases of species’ threat status or population time series are dominated by charismatic species. The collation of datasets with broad taxonomic and biogeographic extents, and that support computation of a range of biodivers...