Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)MicroplasticsHumansIntervertebral Disc DegenerationIntervertebral DiscRisk Factors
From accumulation to degeneration: Microplastics as emerging risk factors for intervertebral disc health.
Yong Sun, Yizhi Zhang, Yuchen Wang, Kun Wang, Zhaoheng Wang, Ziyan Wei, Lei Huang, Zhaoxi Wang, Shijie Chen, Xuewen Kang
Published: 202610.1016/j.envpol.2025.127379
Abstract
In recent years, the potential threat of microplastics (MPs) to human health has garnered increasing attention. The accumulation of MPs in human intervertebral disc (IVD) tissue (61 ± 44 particles/g) is significantly higher than that in bone (22 ± 15…
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