How do plastics, including microplastics and plastic-associated chemicals, affect human health?

Bhedita J Seewoo^{1

2}, Louise M Goodes^{1

2}, Kevin V Thomas^{3

4}, Cassandra Rauert^{3

4}, Ahmed Elagali^{1

2}, Anne-Louise Ponsonby^{5

6}, Christos Symeonides^{1

6}, Sarah A Dunlop^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Plastics and Human Health, Minderoo Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Minderoo Centre - Plastics and Human Health, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Plastics and Human Health, Minderoo Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. plastichumanhealthreviews@minderoo.org.
⁸ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. plastichumanhealthreviews@minderoo.org.

PMID: 39379706
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03287-x

How do plastics, including microplastics and plastic-associated chemicals, affect human health?

Bhedita J Seewoo et al. Nat Med. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;30(11):3036-3037.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03287-x.

Authors

Bhedita J Seewoo^{1

2}, Louise M Goodes^{1

2}, Kevin V Thomas^{3

4}, Cassandra Rauert^{3

4}, Ahmed Elagali^{1

2}, Anne-Louise Ponsonby^{5

6}, Christos Symeonides^{1

6}, Sarah A Dunlop^{7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Plastics and Human Health, Minderoo Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
² School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
³ Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Minderoo Centre - Plastics and Human Health, The University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.
⁵ The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Plastics and Human Health, Minderoo Foundation, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. plastichumanhealthreviews@minderoo.org.
⁸ School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia. plastichumanhealthreviews@minderoo.org.

PMID: 39379706
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03287-x

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests. The authors are employed by the Minderoo Foundation (Australia), an independent not-for-profit philanthropic organization. Neither the foundation, nor its benefactors, had any influence on this article.

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