Details of plastic ingestion and fibre contamination in North Sea fishes

Kühn, Susanne; Franeker, J.A. van; O’Donoghue, Anastasia M.; Swiers, Ailynn; Starkenburg, Marrit; Werven, Bernike van; Foekema, E.M.; Hermsen, Enya; Egelkraut-Holtus, Marion; Lindeboom, H.J.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113569

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“…Finally, understanding that quantifications of small ingested microplastics, by mass, may range from 1 to 2% to 30-90% of control tests that are positive [18,22], constant levels were also demonstrated for ingested microplastics by little auks in the Arctic [1], in herring and sprats from the Baltic sea between 1987 and 2015 [4], in deep sea benthic invertebrates between 1976 and 2015 [8], and in fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) from the North Sea [43].…”

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Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?

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Whilst both plastic production and inputs at sea have increased since the 1950s, several modelling studies predict a further increase in the coming years in these respective quantities. We compiled scientific literature on trends in marine litter, consisting largely of plastic and microplastics in the ocean, understanding that monitoring programs or assessments for these aspects are varied, frequently focusing on limited components of the marine environment in different locations, and covering a wide spectrum of marine litter types, with limited standardization. Here we discuss how trends in the amounts of litter in the marine environment can be compared with the information provided by models. Increasing amounts of plastic are found in some regions, especially in remote areas, but many repeated surveys and monitoring efforts have failed to demonstrate any consistent real temporal trend. An observed steady state situation of plastic quantities in many marine compartments and the fate and transport of plastic in the marine environment remain areas for much needed further research.

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“…Accumulation of marine plastic litter, including a 'soup' of microplastics, in all major gyres of the oceans (Moore et al 2001;Moore 2008;Law et al 2010;Maximenko et al 2012;Van Sebille et al 2012, 2015 and in deep-sea sediments and polar sea-ice (e.g. Obbard et al 2014;Fischer et al 2015;Cózar et al 2017;Munari et al 2017;Tekman et al 2017) (OSPAR 2008(OSPAR , 2009(OSPAR , 2010a(OSPAR , 2010b(OSPAR , 2015a (Trevail et al 2015), Atlantic Canada (Bond et al 2014), the Canadian Arctic (Mallory et al 2006;Mallory 2008;Provencher et al 2009;Poon et al 2017;Avery-Gomm et al 2018;Baak et al 2020) and the Pacific (Nevins et al 2011;Avery-Gomm et al 2012;Donnelly et al 2014;Terepocki et al 2017) and to explore the potential use of other marine species for ingestion monitoring as intended in the European MSFD (Bravo Rebolledo et al 2013;Foekema et al 2013;Matiddi et al 2017;Kühn et al 2020b). The most recent international overview of the monitoring of plastics in stomach contents of fulmars in the North Sea area includes data up to 2016 (Intermediate Assessment, OSPAR 2019).…”

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Fulmar Litter EcoQO monitoring in the Netherlands - update 2019

Franeker¹,

Kühn²

2020

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Marine litter and policy measures 3 The Fulmar as an ecological monitor of marine litter 4 Materials and Methods 5 Results & Discussion 5.1 The year 2019 5.2 Current levels for the Netherlands (2015-2019) 5.3 Trends 5.3.1 Long-term trends 5.3.2 Recent trends 5.4 Dutch data in terms of the OSPAR EcoQO metric 5.5 Modelling future EcoQ Performance. 5.6 Data-based MSFD Threshold Definition 6 Concluding remarks 7 Acknowledgements 8 References 9 Main acronyms-abbreviations 10 Quality Assurance 11 Justification

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“…It is advantageous for destroying proteins and other soft tissues. Suitable extraction recovery was found for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene [ 113 ]. However, pH-sensitive polymers such as nylon and polyester can be disrupted at high pH [ 114 ].…”

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Microplastics in Food: A Review on Analytical Methods and Challenges

Kwon

Kim

Pham

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Human exposure to microplastics contained in food has become a significant concern owing to the increasing accumulation of microplastics in the environment. In this paper, we summarize the presence of microplastics in food and the analytical methods used for isolation and identification of microplastics. Although a large number of studies on seafood such as fish and shellfish exist, estimating the overall human exposure to microplastics via food consumption is difficult owing to the lack of studies on other food items. Analytical methods still need to be optimized for appropriate recovery of microplastics in various food matrices, rendering a quantitative comparison of different studies challenging. In addition, microplastics could be added or removed from ingredients during processing or cooking. Thus, research on processed food is crucial to estimate the contribution of food to overall human microplastic consumption and to mitigate this exposure in the future.

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Details of plastic ingestion and fibre contamination in North Sea fishes

Cited by 72 publications

References 59 publications

Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?

Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?

Fulmar Litter EcoQO monitoring in the Netherlands - update 2019

Microplastics in Food: A Review on Analytical Methods and Challenges

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