Health Risks of Prenatal and Early-Life Microplastics Exposure: A Comprehensive Review.

Environ Health (Wash) · 2026 · PMC13097170 · PMID 42022187

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Experimental studies have demonstrated that maternal exposure to 0.5 or 5 mm microplastics during gestation leads to downward trends in offspring birth weight and liver weight, although these differences did not reach statistical significance.

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