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05/04/2022
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Successful Imptox Workshop featured latest research on micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs)

More than a hundred people logged in on Monday, March 28th to exchange views on the current state of research into MNPs and their impacts on human health.

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02/03/2022
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Don't miss out on the FIRST IMPTOX PUBLIC WORKSHOP!

Join us on March 28, 2022, 9:00 - 13:15 for a morning of interesting talks and exciting discussions to learn more about ongoing research on the health impacts of micro- and nanoplastics!

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28 Feb 2022 IMPTOX PEOPLE

IMPTOX PEOPLE is out! We talk to Tamara Lujić from the University of Belgrade

What drives and inspires our scientists and how they would like to see the world ten years from now!

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25 Feb 2022 EU NEWS

EU launches consultation on microplastics

Following its recent Call for Evidence, on February 22 the European Commission launched a PUBLIC CONSULTATION on how to reduce unintentionally released microplastics into the environment.

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10 Feb 2022 PROJECT NEWS

Imptox scientists discuss lung models with counterparts from the UBC microplastics cluster

Imptox researchers Michelle Epstein, Sahar Kazemi (Medical University of Vienna), and Lea Ann Daily (University of Vienna) hosted a meeting with Sepideh Pakpour from the UBC cluster on microplastics to discuss their experimental data and designs for ongoing and future experiments.

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SCIENCE EXCHANGE

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
Microplastics 2023, 2(1), 1-26 ARTICLE

Microplastics: A Review of Policies and Responses

Munhoz, D.R.; Harkes, P.; Beriot, N.; Larreta, J.; Basurko, O.C.

FAO, Food Safety and Quality Series, ISSN 2415-1173, 2022 REPORT

Microplastics in food commodities - A food safety review on human exposure through dietary sources

Esther Garrido Gamarro, Violetta Costanzo
Toxicology Letters Volume 368, Supplement, 1 September 2022, Pages S307-S308 ABSTRACT

LP-68 Subtoxic doses of polystyrene nanoplastics and microcystin-LR affect the bioenergetic status of Caco-2 and HepG2 cells

M. F. Abdallah, E. Muda, C. Grootaert, A. Rajkovic
Trends in Food Science & Technology, Volume 129, November 2022, Pages 1-10 ARTICLE

Foodborne pathogens in the plastisphere: Can microplastics in the food chain threaten microbial food safety?

Raffaella Tavelli, Martijn Callens, Charlotte Grootaert, Mohamed F. Abdallah, Andreja Rajkovic

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