Impact of microplastics on children's health

LI Mingju; LI Zhuo; BAI Yinglong; JIA Lihong; SUN Wei; PAN Guowei; YAN Lingjun; YANG Zuosen

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.02.036

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LI Mingju, LI Zhuo, BAI Yinglong, JIA Lihong, SUN Wei, PAN Guowei, YAN Lingjun, YANG Zuosen. Impact of microplastics on children's health[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2022, 43(2): 316-320. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.02.036

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LI Mingju, LI Zhuo, BAI Yinglong, JIA Lihong, SUN Wei, PAN Guowei, YAN Lingjun, YANG Zuosen. Impact of microplastics on children's health[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2022, 43(2): 316-320. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.02.036

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Impact of microplastics on children's health

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.02.036

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School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang (110122), China

Received Date: 2021-08-01
Rev Recd Date: 2021-09-14

Available Online: 2022-02-24

Publish Date: 2022-02-25

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As a new type of pollutant, microplastics have attracted extensive attention. Children in a critical stage of growth and development are vulnerable to microplastics. Summarzing the relevant laws and regulations and the source of microplastics, the paper demonstrates the ways of microplastics entering human body, some toxic effects of microplastics found in recent experimental studies and their potential hazards to children's health are introduced in detail.
- Plastics,
- Health status,
- Environmental pollution,
- Child

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