Abstract
Background: Plastic production reached 390.7 million tons in 2021, of which only 8.3% is made from recycled material. Microplastics and nanoplastics are particles derived from the degradation of plastic with sizes, respectively, between 0.1 and 5000 µm and smaller than 0.1 µm. These particles have already been identified in drinking water, alcoholic beverages and foods such as fish, honey…