Microplastics released from food containers can suppress lysosomal activity in mouse macrophages

• Main Authors: Deng, Jingyu, Mohammed Shahrudin Ibrahim, Tan, Li Yang, Yeo, Xin Yi, Lee, Yong An, Park, Sung Jin, Wüstefeld, Torsten, Park, June-Woo, Jung, Sangyong, Cho, Nam-Joon
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Plastic Food Packages; Microplastics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161939
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The ingestion and accumulation of microplastics is a serious threat to the health and survival of humans and other organisms given the increasing use of daily-use plastic products, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, whether direct microplastic contamination from plastic packaging is a...