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06/06/2023
EVENT

Imptox Takes the Stage at SETAC 2023: Exploring the Potential Risks of Nanoplastics on Human Health

Miao Peng, a doctoral researcher collaborating with the UGent Imptox team, explores the bioenergetic effects of simulated weathered nanoplastics on human intestinal cells.

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12/05/2023
CUSP NEWS

Don't miss the latest edition of CUSP NEWS

The fourth CUSP newsletter is out! Explore working group updates, project highlights, events, and inspiring scientist stories.

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11 May 2023 EVENT

Imptox investigates micro- and nanoplastics in food safety: Join us in Brazil at Internacionaliza UFRJ 2030

Join Imptox researcher Andreja Rajkovic's talk on the microbial and toxicological aspects of pollutants and their implications for food safety.

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03 May 2023 VIDEOS

Discover IMPTOX SHORTS featuring junior researchers!

Check out our first series of short video clips and discover what motivated our early-career scientists to pursue science, while gaining insight into their specific research tasks. Learn about their daily challenges and much more straight from their own perspectives.

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05 Apr 2023 EVENT

CUSP workshop on data needs for the human health risk assessment of MNPs

The third public CUSP workshop within the series on health risk assessment of micro- and nanoplastics will take place on April 21, 2023. The session will feature expert presentations and discussions focusing on data needs, availability, reuse, and gaps for MNP-risk-related tools.

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SCIENCE EXCHANGE

Current Protocols, e685, Volume 3, 23 March 2023 ARTICLE

Animal Models for the Study of Food Allergies

Sahar Kazemi, Ece Danisman, Michelle M. Epstein
Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 865,20 March 2023, 161274 ARTICLE

Occurrence of microplastics in tap and bottled water, and food packaging: A narrative review on current knowledge

Md. Iftakharul Muhib, Md. Khabir Uddin, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Guilherme Malafaia,
SCIENCE, 9 Feb 2023, Vol 379, Issue 6632, p. 54 ARTICLE

Soil microplastics pollution in agriculture

LIUYUE HE, ZHONGBIN LI, QIAN JIA, AND ZHENCI XU

European Commission, Science for Environment Policy Future Brief 27, Feb. 2023 BRIEF

Nanoplastics: state of knowledge and environmental and human health impacts

Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England, Bristol
J. Agric. Food Chem. 2023, 71, 2, 991–993 ARTICLE

Paternal Inheritance Is an Important, but Overlooked, Factor Affecting the Adverse Effects of Microplastics and Nanoplastics on Subsequent Generations

Jiaqi Sun, Miaomiao Teng, Wentao Zhu, Kenneth Mei Yee Leung, and Fengchang Wu
Science of The Total Environment, Volume 855, 10 January 2023 ARTICLE

From natural environment to animal tissues: A review of microplastics (nanoplastics) translocation and hazards studies

Xusheng Dong, Xinbei Liu, Qiuling Hou, Zhonghua Wang,
Chemosphere, Volume 310, January 2023, 136764 ARTICLE

Airborne polystyrene microplastics and nanoplastics induce nasal and lung microbial dysbiosis in mice

Hua Zha, Jiafeng Xia, Shengjie Li, Jiawen Lv, Aoxiang Zhuge, Ruiqi Tang, Shuting Wang, Kaiceng Wang, Kevin Chang, Lanjuan Li
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IMPTOX

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