The final query used was: (((microfiber? or microplastic? or micro-plastic? or nanoplastic?) and (pollu? or sustainab? or contamin? or health or "synthetic polymeric fiber" or dyes or waste or "synthetic fiber" or "eco-friendly" or toxicity or environment? or ingestion or "fast fashion" or textile or ecosystem or vector or wastewater or soil or remed? or blood or feces or fecal or "human body" or inflamm? or microbi? or recycl? or aquatic or metal or inhal? or indoor or freshwater or circular or seawater or marine or bioaccumul?)) not (fragrance or inhibitor or sensor or cof or "covalent organic framework" or spinning or electrospinning or surgery) and 2010-2022/py). This resulted in 12,653 documents of different types. After screening for only Journal and Patent publications and for publications between 2011 and 2021 (data from 2022 was incomplete and so was excluded), the final pool of documents used for the analysis in this manuscript totaled to 9,403 (7,789 academic journals and 1614 patents).