Exposure to Microplastics in Biological Matrices and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children: A Systematic Review.

Nanomaterials (Basel) · 2026 · PMC13210297 · PMID 42188513

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For superior working memory (Three-Back d’), PVC, PP, and total MPs were significantly associated with poorer performance, while PA was marginally non-significant.

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This unexpected direction, combined with marginal significance and inconsistency across analytical methods, suggests it may represent a chance finding; possible explanations are discussed in Section 4.5 . 3.4.2.

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