摘要
Large-scale production of plastics began in the 1950s followed by an onset of exponential growth,leading to its current widespread and dominant use.Despite this,no holistic risk assessment has yet been made on the health and environmental impacts of plastics,their degradation products,or their constituent chemicals.Once entering the environment,plastics undergo structural,chemical,and functional transformations,leading to the creation of microplastics and nanoplastics[1,2,3].Environmental exposure to microplastics and nanoplastics becomes inevitable,causing direct human dietary exposure.
基金
M.H.and E.G.X.thank the support of the Department of Biology,University of Southern Denmark,and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond(0165-00056B)。