Igor Snapkow

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Igor Snapkow er ph.d., lege, seniorforsker ved Folkehelseinstituttet og prosjektleder for Flaskevannstudien i prosjektet Risks of microplastic and nanoplastic particles (POLYRISK) og medprosjektleder i PlasticLeach.

Articles by Igor Snapkow

Large focus on small plastic particles

Hubert Dirven,
Berit Granum,
Monica Andreassen,
Dorte Herzke,
Gro Dehli Andersen,
Igor Snapkow

09.03.2026: The presence of plastic in the body does not necessarily indicate a major health risk. Many recent findings strengthen the suspicion that micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) are present in the human body, but the amounts and distribution in different organs are still largely uncertain. Whether the...