Holistic assessment of microplastics in various coastal environmental matrices, southwest coast of India

Robin, R.S.; Karthik, R.; Ramachandran, Ramesh; Ganguly, Dipnarayan; Anandavelu, I.; Mugilarasan, M.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134947

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“…This is likely due to the availability of microplastic type in the environment (Fossi et al, 2014). In the study of Daniel et al (2020), microplastic fibers were dominant in F. indicus as those individuals were obtained from the coastal region with large amounts of fishing gear and fabric textiles (Kane and Clare, 2019;Robin et al, 2020). In the case of F. indicus from FAO57, spheres were the dominant microplastic type observed ( Table 2).…”

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Evidence of Marine Microplastics in Commercially Harvested Seafood

Curren

Leaw

Lim

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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Microplastic pollution is a global issue that has a detrimental impact on food safety. In marine environments, microplastics are a threat to marine organisms, as they are often the same size range as prey and are mistaken as food. Consumption of microplastics has led to the damage of digestive organs and a reduction in growth and reproductive output. In this study, microplastic pollution was assessed across three commercially available shrimp species that were obtained from the supermarkets of Singapore. A total of 93 individuals were studied from the Pacific white leg shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, the Argentine red shrimp Pleoticus muelleri and the Indian white shrimp Fenneropenaeus indicus. Microplastic fibers, fragments, film and spheres were identified from the digestive tract of these organisms. Microplastic abundance ranged from 13.4 to 7050 items. F. indicus exhibited the highest number of microplastics. Microplastic film was the most abundant in L. vannamei individuals (93–97%) and spheres were the most abundant in P. muelleri (70%) and F. indicus (61%) individuals. This study demonstrates that microplastic contamination is evident in commonly consumed shrimp and highlights the role of shrimp in the trophic transfer and accumulation of microplastics in seafood. The consumption of microplastic-containing seafood is a route of exposure to humans and has implications on human health and food security. Capsule: Microplastics were examined in three shrimp species from the supermarkets of Singapore. Microplastics ranged from 13.4 to 7050 items of shrimp.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Evidence of Marine Microplastics in Commercially Harvested Seafood

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Leaw

Lim

et al. 2020

Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol.

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“…Food chain threat is the first thing to be considered. Robin et al (2020) reported that polyethylene MPs were found in 15 of the 70 commercial fishes collected in Indian waters. Steer et al (2017) also found 2.9% of the fry collected in the English Channel ingested blue fiber-based MPs.…”

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Interactions Between Microplastics and Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environments: A Review

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Microplastics (MPs), tiny particles broken down from larger pieces of plastics, have accumulated everywhere on the earth. As an inert carbon stream in aquatic environment, they have been reported as carriers for heavy metals and exhibit diverse interactive effects. However, these interactions are still poorly understood, especially mechanisms driving these interactions and how they pose risks on living organisms. In this mini review, a bibliometric analysis in this field was conducted and then the mechanisms driving these interactions were examined, especially emphasizing the important roles of microorganisms on the interactions. Their combined toxic effects and the potential hazards to human health were also discussed. Finally, the future research directions in this field were suggested. This review summarized the recent research progress in this field and highlighted the essential roles of the microbes on the interactions between MPs and heavy metals with the hope to promote more studies to unveil action mechanisms and reduce/eliminate the risks associated with MP presence.

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“…The study concludes that the table salt used by humans on daily bases was found to be contaminated with microplastics which pose a high risk of severe human health issues. R.S.Robin et al, [25] conducted a study on the holistic assessment of microplastics in costal environmental matrices', south east cost of India. The study has shown the presence of microplastics in water due to river run off and the mostly dominated by polyethylene and polypropylene as identified by using FTIR-ATR.…”

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Jeopardy of Indian Waters: A Review

Firdous¹,

Mathur²,

Jeelani³

et al. 2020

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Microplastic pollution is a new emerging problem to our generation, with lack of proper disposal and tones of production. Every year tones of plastic is disposed in the water bodies and which gets weathered and results in the production of microplastics, which when ingested by aquatic organisms leads to their mortality and many serious issues. The microplastics are good adsorbents and absorb all the chemical and metals in the water causing mortality in fishes. They also act as pathogen carriers and lead to the water born diseases. Our review study finds that there is a need to evaluate the effects on the fresh water organisms as the literature on fresh water is scarce.

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Holistic assessment of microplastics in various coastal environmental matrices, southwest coast of India

Cited by 194 publications

References 89 publications

Evidence of Marine Microplastics in Commercially Harvested Seafood

Evidence of Marine Microplastics in Commercially Harvested Seafood

Interactions Between Microplastics and Heavy Metals in Aquatic Environments: A Review

Jeopardy of Indian Waters: A Review

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