Nano- and microplastics (NMP) constitute an emerging environmental and health concern. Since plastic has low degradability and long-life, the continued accumulation of NMPs in the environment and their potential impacts on human health has emerged as an urgent planetary health problem. However, the magnitude of human exposure is widely unknown. The assessment of human exposure remains challenging because the analytical methods for NMPs are not fully developed. Human exposure to NMPs can occur through drinking water, food, dermal contact and inhalation.1 However, none of these exposure pathways have been studied in detail yet. EXaMINA proposes to evaluate human exposure to NMPs focusing on the ingestion route and specifically through drinking water.
Funding agency: ANSES (ref: ANSES-21-EST-077)
