Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood — TEI-tagged view

H.A. Leslie, Martin J. M. van Velzen, Sicco H. Brandsma, D. Vethaak, Juan J. García‐Vallejo, M.H. Lamoree · 2022 · environmental-science · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2022.107199 · TEI xml · tagged edition · index · concepts · authors
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plastic particles microplastic3 nanoplastic pore size of 700 nm limits of quantification human health risk assessment protein corona Py-GC/MS procedural blank particulate matter field sampling blank observation9
Method, as described: double-shot pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry on whole blood from 22 healthy volunteers, targeting particles retained on a 700 nm filter

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phenomenonplastic particles absorbed across membranes and present in circulating blood, at a rate exceeding whatever removes them— “This indicates that at least some of the plastic particles humans come in contact with can be bioavailable and that the rate of elimination via e.g. the biliary tract, kidney or transfer to and deposition in organs is slower than the rate of absorption into the blood.”
claim-typeexistence— “This pioneering human biomonitoring study demonstrated that plastic particles are bioavailable for uptake into the human bloodstream. An understanding of the exposure of these substances in humans and the associated hazard of such exposure is needed to determine whether or not plastic particle exposure is a public health risk.”
method — evidence— “Our study was concerned with plastic particles that can be absorbed across membranes in the human body. Our operationally defined method targeted particles that could be retained on a filter with pore size of 700 nm, i.e. particles ≥700 nm in dimension. The inner diameter of the needle used for venipuncture (0.514 mm) can be considered the…
object of study — evidence— “‘Microplastic’ is a term for plastic particles for which no universally established definition exists. In the literature, microplastic is often defined as plastic particles up to 5 mm in dimensions with no defined lower size limit (e.g. Arthur et al., 2009, GESAMP, 2015, ECHA, 2019). ‘Nanoplastic’ is a term for plastic particles in the…
research question — evidence— “Measurement of plastic particle exposure is essential for HRA, yet validated methods sensitive enough to detect trace amounts of especially the small (<10 µm) size fractions of plastic particles in biological tissues have been lacking.”
contribution — evidence— “In this study of a small set of donors, the mean of the sum quantifiable concentration of plastic particles in blood was 1.6 µg/ml, showing a first measurement of the mass concentration of the polymeric component of plastic in human blood.”
transferfrom air pollution and human risk assessment: the PM2.5/PM10 convention of reporting an operationally defined mass concentration per unit volume is adopted wholesale as the way to quantify plastic in blood— “One approach to quantifying plastic particles in the nascent field of plastic particle HRA is based on mass concentrations of polymers from plastic present as particles, analogous to PM10 for instance. ### 1.3.”transfers[0]
mechanismTHE INFERENCE THE NUMBER LICENSES IS A RATE COMPARISON, NOT A QUANTITY: finding particles in blood `indicates that ... the rate of elimination via e.g. the biliary tract, kidney or transfer to and deposition in organs is slower than the rate of absorption into the blood`. A standing concentration is evidence about two rates and about neither one alone— “This indicates that at least some of the plastic particles humans come in contact with can be bioavailable and that the rate of elimination via e.g. the biliary tract, kidney or transfer to and deposition in organs is slower than the rate of absorption into the blood.”mechanisms[0]
mechanismand the paper is careful about what the blood compartment is: it `remains to be determined whether plastic particles are present in the plasma or are carried by specific cell types`. `In blood` is a location, and the mechanism of carriage is not in evidence— “It remains to be determined whether plastic particles are present in the plasma or are carried by specific cell types”mechanisms[1]
mechanismblood is the transport route: it irrigates the organs, so a particle that enters it can reach tissues, and its fate is renal or biliary elimination or deposition in liver, spleen or other organs— “Blood as a compartment makes up 6–7% of body weight in humans.”mechanisms[2]
mechanismcapillary diameter sets a physical ceiling on what can circulate, and anything at that size would itself affect microvascular flow— “Considering capillaries are typically only 5–8 µm in diameter, this forms a limit to particle sizes that can be expected in circulation in these microvessels, and any particles present would likely have an impact on microvascular fluid dynamics.”mechanisms[3]
mechanismparticles may be localised in immune cells, stuck to proteins, lipids, each other or the vessel wall - so a mass concentration can be real while duplicates disagree— “Some are likely to be localized in immune cells, while others may be adhered to proteins, lipid particles, other plastic particles or the vascular endothelium.”mechanisms[4]
extends Leslie and Depledge's and Vethaak and Legler's position that a human health risk assessment for plastic particles is not currently possible for want of exposure data— “A human health risk assessment (HRA) for plastic particle pollution is currently not possible due to lack of data on both toxicological hazard and human exposure”claim_relations[0]
sense`plastic particles` - A TERM THE AUTHORS COIN FOR THEIR OWN USE, because the field's two names will not hold still: `To circumvent the ambiguity of the terms microplastic and nanoplastic particles in this article we will refer to plastic particles and where appropriate define the size or size range`. The remedy for an unstable term is to stop using it and carry the number instead— “To circumvent the ambiguity of the terms microplastic and nanoplastic particles in this article we will refer to ‘plastic particles’ and where appropriate define the size or size range.”senses[0]
sense`microplastic` - `no universally established definition exists`, and the common one - up to 5 mm - has NO LOWER BOUND AT ALL. A term whose extension is open at one end— “‘Microplastic’ is a term for plastic particles for which no universally established definition exists. In the literature, microplastic is often defined as plastic particles up to 5 mm in dimensions with no defined lower size limit (e.g. Arthur et al., 2009, GESAMP, 2015, ECHA, 2019). ‘Nanoplastic’ is a term for plastic particles in the…senses[1]
sense`nanoplastic` - <1 um in this literature, `<100 nm` IN THE NANOTECHNOLOGY FIELD. ONE NAME, TWO FIELDS, A TENFOLD DIFFERENCE IN THE THRESHOLD, and the paper reports both rather than choosing— “‘Microplastic’ is a term for plastic particles for which no universally established definition exists. In the literature, microplastic is often defined as plastic particles up to 5 mm in dimensions with no defined lower size limit (e.g. Arthur et al., 2009, GESAMP, 2015, ECHA, 2019). ‘Nanoplastic’ is a term for plastic particles in the…senses[2]
sense`a plastic particle in blood`, AS OPERATIONALISED HERE - anything retained on a 700 nm filter and small enough to pass a 0.514 mm needle. THE CONSTRUCT IS BOUNDED BY A FILTER PORE AND A NEEDLE BORE, in the authors' own words, and the phrase they use is `operationally defined`— “Our study was concerned with plastic particles that can be absorbed across membranes in the human body. Our operationally defined method targeted particles that could be retained on a filter with pore size of 700 nm, i.e. particles ≥700 nm in…senses[3]
sense`under the limits of quantification` - what the paper reports for polypropylene, and the one phrase in the record that cannot be read as a fact about blood. It is a fact about the assaysenses[4]
controlthe size window is fixed and declared before any measurement - a 700 nm filter pore below, a 0.514 mm needle bore above — held
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— rules out any reading of the number as a total; it is the mass of what falls inside two physical limits, and the paper states both
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controlwhether polypropylene is absent from blood or below the assay's threshold — failed
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— rules out nothing, and the sentence cannot be made to: 'Polypropylene was analysed but values were under the limits of quantification'
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controlwhether the measurement supports a risk claim — held
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— rules out the risk reading, explicitly and in both directions: 'no statements about risk or no risk can be made' without measured internal exposure data - which this study provides for the first time and which is still only the precondition
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controldrawing blood through a closed all-glass vacutainer system with a steel needle and no plastic tubing or reservoir — held
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— rules out plastic contamination introduced by the sampling equipment itself, which would manufacture the very finding being sought
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controlidentifying the rubber vacutainer seal by ATR-FTIR to establish which polymer it is — held
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— rules out the possibility that the one unavoidable non-glass component contributes to the targeted polymers
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controlrunning the entire sampling system as a field blank before any sample — held
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— rules out background contamination attributable to the collection apparatus rather than the donor
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controlduplicate extraction and measurement of each sample where volume allowed, with multiple procedural blanks per series — held
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— rules out single-measurement artefacts and uncorrected background drift between series
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weightLeslie and Depledge's and Vethaak and Legler's position that a human health risk assessment for plastic particles is not currently possible for want of exposure data — 0.7
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edgeplastic particles —operationalised-as→ pore size of 700 nm
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limitationTHE CONSTRUCT'S BOUNDS ARE TWO PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND THE PAPER SAYS SO BEFORE REPORTING A NUMBER: `Our operationally defined method targeted particles that could be retained on a filter with pore size of 700 nm ... The inner diameter of the needle used for venipuncture (0.514 mm) can be considered the upper size limit`. Everything below a filter pore and above a needle bore is outside the finding by construction
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limitationAND THE INSTRUMENT DECIDES WHAT EXISTS: `Polypropylene was analysed but values were under the limits of quantification`. Absent from the blood and absent from the instrument are the same sentence here, and the study cannot separate them
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limitationthe two available names for the object DO NOT HAVE SETTLED DEFINITIONS: `microplastic` has `no universally established definition` and is `often defined as ... up to 5 mm with no defined lower size limit`, while `nanoplastic` means <1 um in this literature and `<100 nm` IN THE NANOTECHNOLOGY FIELD. ONE WORD, TWO FIELDS, TWO THRESHOLDS
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limitationthe sample is 22 donors and the paper calls it what it is - `a small set of donors` - in the same sentence as the headline concentration
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limitationand the result is explicitly NOT a risk statement: `no absorption models can be validated and no statements about risk or no risk can be made` without measured internal exposure data. The measurement is a precondition for the question, not an answer to it
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findingmost available data covers particles above 10 or 50 micrometres
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findingearlier FTIR analysis of human faeces showed that micro-sized plastic particles can be excreted via the gut
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findingno one method fits all, so a combination of methods is required
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quantitynanometres - the filter pore that is the lower bound of the construct
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quantitymillimetres - the venipuncture needle's inner diameter, and the upper bound
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quantitymicrograms per millilitre, mean sum quantifiable concentration in 22 donors
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value source notequantity — THE DESCRIPTION DRAWS ON THE PAPER BEYOND THIS QUOTE: the 22 donors are stated in the abstract ('in human whole blood from 22 healthy volunteers').content_tags.quantities[2]
quantitythe proportion of body weight made up by blood
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quantitycapillary diameter, which bounds the particle size that can circulate
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quantitythe number of volunteers and the collection protocol
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definitionplastic particles
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definitionmicroplastic
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conceptplastic particles — not defined in this paper's own words; the term coined here to avoid 'microplastic' and 'nanoplastic', always carried with an explicit size or size range
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conceptmicroplastic — not defined in this paper's own words; a term with no universally established definition; commonly up to 5 mm with no lower bound
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conceptnanoplastic — not defined in this paper's own words; submicron in this literature, under 100 nm in the nanotechnology field
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conceptpore size of 700 nm — not defined in this paper's own words; the filter that fixes the lower bound of what this study can call a plastic particle
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conceptlimits of quantification — not defined in this paper's own words; the threshold below which polypropylene was reported as absent - a property of the assay
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concepthuman health risk assessment — not defined in this paper's own words; the procedure this measurement is a precondition for, and which the paper says is still not possible
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conceptprotein corona — not defined in this paper's own words; the protein layer that forms on a particle's surface and mediates how it interacts with biological systems - a property of the particle IN the body, not of the plastic
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conceptPy-GC/MS — not defined in this paper's own words; double-shot pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry - measures POLYMER MASS by destroying the particle, so it cannot count particles
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conceptprocedural blank — not defined in this paper's own words; a blank run through the whole extraction alongside the samples, used to correct measured concentrations for background contamination
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conceptparticulate matter — not defined in this paper's own words; PM2.5 and PM10 - the air-pollution sum parameters this paper takes as its model for reporting plastic as a mass concentration
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conceptfield sampling blank — not defined in this paper's own words; the whole sampling system - needle and vials - run for background before any blood is drawn
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limits of quantification
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