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Human pluripotent stem cells - Unique tools to decipher the effects of environmental and intracellular plastic pollution on human health.

Human pluripotent stem cells - Unique tools to decipher the effects of environmental and intracellular plastic pollution on human health. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) Stojkovic, M., Stojkovic, P., Stankovic, K. M. 2021; 269: 116144

Abstract

Increase in plastic pollution causes irreparable harm to the environment lasting for decades. While current data of plastic pollution include marine and terrestrial ecology, the impacts of degraded or intentionally produced microscopic-sized plastics on human health remain unknown. Here, we are proposing the usage of pluripotent stem cells, modern transcriptomics, and bioinformatics as a unique scientific tool to define the link between environmental and intracellular pollution, its outcome on early human development and origin of diseases. This commentary is an urgent appeal to the scientific and policy communities to invest more time and resources to establish reliable standards and methods to define and address the consequences of plastic pollution on human health.

View details for DOI 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116144

View details for PubMedID 33288300