A new digestion approach for the extraction of microplastics from gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) from the western Mediterranean Sea

Schirinzi, Gabriella F.; Pedà, Cristina; Battaglia, Pietro; Laface, Federica; Galli, Matteo; Baini, Matteo; Consoli, Pierpaolo; Scotti, Gianfranco; Esposito, Valentina; Faggio, Caterina; Farré, Marinella; Barceló, Damià; Fossi, María Cristina; Andaloro, Franco; Romeo, Teresa

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122794

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“…In the Mediterranean basin, ML ingestion in marine organisms has been documented in both invertebrates (Fossi et al, 2014;Alomar et al, 2016;Digka et al, 2018a) and vertebrates (Anastasopoulou et al, 2013a;Romeo et al, 2015Romeo et al, , 2016Battaglia et al, 2016;Giani et al, 2019;Schirinzi et al, 2020), including endangered species (Campani et al, 2013;Fossi et al, 2014), and a large number of these studies regarded fish, including cartilaginous species (Deudero and Alomar, 2015;Fossi et al, 2018;Anastasopoulou and Fortibuoni, 2019).…”

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“…So far, several methods have been used for the extraction of ML from fish [e.g., visual sorting and chemical digestion protocols of gastro-intestinal tract (GIT)] as well as for ML quantification, categorization and polymer identification (e.g., visual identification, infrared or Raman spectrometry) (Romeo et al, 2015(Romeo et al, , 2016Alomar and Deudero, 2017;Digka et al, 2018a;Giani et al, 2019;Rios-Fuster et al, 2019;Capillo et al, 2020;Schirinzi et al, 2020). However, despite the growing number of scientific publications, data on the occurrence, amount and categorization of litter ingested by fish are often not comparable due to the lack of harmonized protocols (Hermsen et al, 2017;Bray et al, 2019;Giani et al, 2019).…”

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Coupling Gastro-Intestinal Tract Analysis With an Airborne Contamination Control Method to Estimate Litter Ingestion in Demersal Elasmobranchs

Pedà

Battaglia

D’Alessandro

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Front. Environ. Sci.

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This study aims to assess the litter ingestion in some demersal elasmobranchs, combining a classical gastro-intestinal tract (GIT) analysis with a procedure methodology to reduce airborne fibers contamination. In order to prevent the overestimation of litter ingestion, we applied severe mitigation measures to avoid airborne contamination during the analyses, integrating a new approach for the correction of estimates of fibers abundance using control procedure. In this study, we assessed the anthropogenic litter ingestion in four elasmobranch species from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea: Scyliorhinus canicula (n = 27), Etmopterus spinax (n = 16), Galeus melastomus (n = 12), and Raja clavata (n = 6). The GIT of each specimen was analyzed by visual sorting and the polymers identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique. Overall, 19 litter particles were found in the GIT of 13 demersal elasmobranchs (%O = 21) and for the first time, evidence of litter ingestion by R. clavata in Mediterranean waters was also reported. In G. melastomus and R. clavata all anthropogenic particles were plastics, whereas in S. canicula other litter categories were also found. No litter ingestion was instead observed in E. spinax. More than 50% of litter particles belonged to microlitter category (<5 mm). Polyamide was the only polymer typology found in all examined species. We described the procedures to control the airborne contamination applied at each step of laboratory analysis and, thanks to the application of our control method, it was possible to exclude the 95% of fibers found in samples from the assessment. Moreover, we compared fibers abundances observed in samples and controls. This study, combining an approach for minimizing the bias associated to airborne fiber contamination, provided a reliable assessment of marine litter ingestion in demersal elasmobranchs.

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Coupling Gastro-Intestinal Tract Analysis With an Airborne Contamination Control Method to Estimate Litter Ingestion in Demersal Elasmobranchs

Pedà

Battaglia

D’Alessandro

et al. 2020

Front. Environ. Sci.

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“…On the other hand, despite the number of studies on MPLs in the GIT of fishes (Schirinzi et al, 2020;Abidli et al, 2021;Hadibarata et al, 2021;Ghosh et al, 2021;Li et al, 2021;Zhang et al, 2021), only a reduced number of studies considered the edible parts. Daniel et al (2020) (Daniel et al, 2020) recently carried out a study in which they compared the MPLs in edible and non-edible parts of pelagic fish for human consumption, showing that MPLs in the GIT of fishes was much higher than in edible parts, such as muscle.…”

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Current Insights into Potential Effects of Micro-Nanoplastics on Human Health by in-vitro Tests

Llorca

Farré

2021

Front. Toxicol.

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Humans are exposed to micro and nanoplastics (MNPLs) through inhalation, ingestion and, to a lesser extent, dermal contact. In recent years, new insights indicate the potential of MNPLs to cause damages to human health. Particle toxicity can include oxidative stress, inflammatory lesions, and then increased internalization or translocation through tissues. On the other hand, plastic additives are used in plastic particles, once internalized, can release toxic substances. It is noteworthy that the potential effects of MNPLs encompass a wide range of polymers and chemical additives, showing various physicochemical and toxicological properties, and the size, shape and surface properties are other variables influencing their effects. In spite of the research carried out recently, MNPLs research is in its early stages, and further investigation is required. In this review article, the knowledge of human exposure routes and the recent results on the toxicological effects of MNPLs in human health are presented and discussed. Finally, the current limitations and the main gaps in the body of knowledge are summarised.

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“…1. assessment of sampling in different matrices (air, waters and leachates, soils and sands, marine organisms, food) to avoid/limit sample contamination during sampling, storage, extraction and detection 57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72 ; 2. definition of reference standard MPs; 3. definition of protocols for dispersion or homogenisation of the microplastics onto the test media 68 ; 4. detection, identification of the chemical components, classification 73,74,75,76,77,78,79,49,68,56,48,80,50,81,52 ;…”

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Results of VAMAS Survey Regarding Microplastic Issues

Federici

Rani

Depero

2021

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Trillions of tiny particles generated by our plastic-reliant society are polluting environments worldwide. An explosion of research has been devoted in the last years to detect, identify and quantify the microplastics, hidden not only in the oceans but also in the world's rivers, lakes, air, soil as well as food and organisms. Thus, we urgently need reliable standards to support the decision-maker to handle many issues related to this question. In this paper, the results of a VAMAS survey that involved 390 experts are presented and discussed. The inter-laboratory studies urgently needed in the next future are proposed.

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A new digestion approach for the extraction of microplastics from gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) of the common dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) from the western Mediterranean Sea

Cited by 91 publications

References 73 publications

Coupling Gastro-Intestinal Tract Analysis With an Airborne Contamination Control Method to Estimate Litter Ingestion in Demersal Elasmobranchs

Coupling Gastro-Intestinal Tract Analysis With an Airborne Contamination Control Method to Estimate Litter Ingestion in Demersal Elasmobranchs

Current Insights into Potential Effects of Micro-Nanoplastics on Human Health by in-vitro Tests

Results of VAMAS Survey Regarding Microplastic Issues

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