Cytotoxic Effects of Alcohol Extracts from a Plastic Wrap (Polyvinylidene Chloride) on Human Cultured Liver Cells and Mouse Primary Cultured Liver Cells.

An increasing accumulation of microplastics and further degraded nanoplastics in our environment is suspected to have harmful effects on humans and animals. To clarify this problem, we tested the cytotoxicity of two types of plastic wrap on human cultured liver cells and mouse primary cultured liver cells. Alcohol extracts from plastic wrap, i.e., polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC), showed cytotoxic effects on the cells. Alcohol extracts of...