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Título: Macro and microplastic intake in seafood variates by the marine organism's feeding behaviour: Is it a concern to human health?
Autores/as: Cáceres-Farias, Lenin
Espinoza-Vera, María Mercedes
Orós Montón, Jorge Ignacio 
Garcia-Bereguiain, Miguel Angel
Alfaro-Núñez, Alonzo
Clasificación UNESCO: 3105 Peces y fauna silvestre
330811 Control de la contaminación del agua
331210 Plásticos
241005 Ecología humana
320611 Toxicidad de los alimentos
Palabras clave: Plastic pollution
Habits
Ingestion
Seafood
Food safety, et al.
Fecha de publicación: 2023
Publicación seriada: Heliyon 
Resumen: Seafood is considered one of the healthiest sources of food intake for humans, mainly because of its high protein content. However, oceans are among the most polluted environments, and microplastics have been widely reported to be ingested, absorbed or bioaccumulated by marine organisms. The different feeding behaviour may contribute to infer the amounts of microplastic particles accidently intake by marine organisms. We investigated the putative levels of microplastics in different edible species of fish, molluscs, and crustaceans. Plastic fragments larger than 200 μm were detected in the digestive tract of 277 out of 390 specimens (71.5 ± 22.2%) of the 26 different species analysed. There was no evidence of microplastic translocation or bioaccumulation in the muscle tissue of fish, molluscs, and crustaceans. Organisms with carnivorous feeding habits had the highest prevalence of plastic ingestion (79 ± 9.4%), followed by planktivorous species (74 ± 15.5%), and detritivorous species (38 ± 36.9%), suggesting a transfer through the food chain. Moreover, we found evidence that species with less selective feeding habits may be the most affected by the ingestion of large microplastic particles. Our results provide further evidence to the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in marine organisms representing a direct threat to marine wildlife, and to human health with potential consequences for future generations according to the One Health initiatives approach.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/122926
ISSN: 2405-8440
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16452
Fuente: Heliyon [ISSN 2405-8440], v. 9 (5), E16452, (Mayo 2023)
Colección:Artículos
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