Inhalable Textile Microplastic Fibers Impair Airway Epithelial Differentiation.

Shanshan SongFransien van DijkGwenda F VasseQiongliang LiuIrene F GosselinkEllen WeltjensAlex Hv RemelsMarina H de JagerSophie BosChenxi LiTobias StoegerMarkus RehbergDavid KutschkeGail van EckXinhui WuSuzanne H WillemsDevin BoomIngeborg M KooterDiana SpieringsRene WardenaarMatthew ColeMartijn C NawijnAnna SalvatiReinoud GosensBarbro N Melgert

Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2023)

These results suggest that components leaching from nylon 6,6 may especially harm developing airways and/or airways undergoing repair and we strongly encourage to characterize both hazard of and exposure to microplastic fibers in more detail.

Keyphrases

cystic fibrosis
heavy metals
wastewater treatment
sewage sludge
municipal solid waste