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Editorial
. 2025 Apr 14:7:1605402.
doi: 10.3389/ftox.2025.1605402. eCollection 2025.

Editorial: "Unravelling micro-/nano-plastics toxicity profiling: can we link associated effects to intrinsic characteristics?"

Sebastian Beggel  1 , Valentina Helen Pauna  2 , Vanessa Modesto  1 , Marisa Sárria Pereira de Passos  3
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Editorial: "Unravelling micro-/nano-plastics toxicity profiling: can we link associated effects to intrinsic characteristics?"

Sebastian Beggel et al. Front Toxicol. .
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Keywords: environmental impact and risks; exposure assessment; in vitro methods; intrinsic toxicity; mechanism of toxicity; microplastics; nanoplastics; one health.

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