eprintid: 10178827 rev_number: 8 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/17/88/27 datestamp: 2023-10-13 12:35:39 lastmod: 2024-10-31 20:11:24 status_changed: 2023-10-13 12:35:39 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Passos, RS creators_name: Davenport, A creators_name: Busquets, R creators_name: Selden, C creators_name: Silva, LB creators_name: Baptista, JS creators_name: Barceló, D creators_name: Campos, LC title: Microplastics and nanoplastics in haemodialysis waters: Emerging threats to be in our radar ispublished: pub subjects: RFH divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: B04 divisions: C10 divisions: C05 divisions: D17 divisions: F44 divisions: G91 keywords: Filtration, Kidney disease, Plasticisers, Reverse osmosis, Risk, Water, Humans, Microplastics, Radar, Plastics, Drinking Water, Renal Dialysis note: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). abstract: Microplastics are present in the environment, in drinking water, in human blood and there is evidence of nanoplastics in tap water. The objective of this work was to analyze the possibility of hemodialysis patients being contaminated by micro and nanoplastics (MNPs) during dialysis treatment. The motivation for this investigation is the fact that hemodialysis patients use about 300–600 L of drinking water per week, which may be contaminated by MNPs. A literature review, a field investigation in a London hospital and an estimation of MNPs intake in patients were carried out. The results showed potential points of risk of contamination of patients by MNPs in hemodialysis. It was also estimated that for a filtration efficiency of 99 % for MNPs, the amount of microplastics that can penetrate the kidneys of patients is 0.0021–3768 particles/week. The assessment concludes that hemodialysis patients are at high risk of MNP contamination. date: 2023-09-01 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier BV official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2023.104253 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2046239 doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104253 medium: Print-Electronic pii: S1382-6689(23)00195-3 lyricists_name: Selden, Angela lyricists_name: Davenport, Andrew lyricists_name: Campos, Luiza lyricists_id: ACSEL91 lyricists_id: ADAVE78 lyricists_id: LCCAM91 actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette actors_id: BFFLY94 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology volume: 102 article_number: 104253 event_location: Netherlands issn: 1382-6689 citation: Passos, RS; Davenport, A; Busquets, R; Selden, C; Silva, LB; Baptista, JS; Barceló, D; Passos, RS; Davenport, A; Busquets, R; Selden, C; Silva, LB; Baptista, JS; Barceló, D; Campos, LC; - view fewer <#> (2023) Microplastics and nanoplastics in haemodialysis waters: Emerging threats to be in our radar. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology , 102 , Article 104253. 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104253 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2023.104253>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10178827/1/1-s2.0-S1382668923001953-main.pdf