Bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their human health risks depend on the characteristics of microplastics in marine organisms of Sanggou Bay, China
Journal of Hazardous Materials2024
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Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Xiaobin Yang,
Xinguo Zhao,
Qi Sui,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Zhihua Feng,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Zhihua Feng,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Keming Qu
Xuemei Sun,
Qi Sui,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Xuemei Sun,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Xuemei Sun,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Xinguo Zhao,
Lin Zhu,
Qi Sui,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Xinguo Zhao,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Zhihua Feng,
Lin Zhu,
Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Lin Zhu,
Lin Zhu,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Xinguo Zhao,
Zhihua Feng,
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Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Qi Sui,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Lin Zhu,
Xinguo Zhao,
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Zhihua Feng,
Bin Xia,
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Bin Xia,
Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Zhihua Feng,
Bin Xia,
Zhihua Feng,
Xuemei Sun,
Keming Qu
Xuemei Sun,
Bin Xia,
Zhihua Feng,
Xinguo Zhao,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Zhihua Feng,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Lin Zhu,
Zhihua Feng,
Keming Qu
Keming Qu
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Bin Xia,
Xinguo Zhao,
Keming Qu
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Summary
This study found that the type and characteristics of microplastics present in marine organisms from Sanggou Bay, China, influenced how much of the harmful chemical pollutant PAH (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) accumulated in their tissues. Smaller, more degraded microplastics carried more PAHs into organisms, raising the human health risk from eating contaminated seafood and highlighting that microplastics act as vehicles for other toxic chemicals.
Microplastics pose a threat to marine environments through their physical presence and as vectors of chemical pollutants. However, the impact of microplastics on the accumulation and human health risk of chemical pollutants in marine organisms remains largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the microplastics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) pollution in marine organisms from Sanggou Bay and analyzed their correlations. Results showed that microplastic and PAHs concentration ranged from 1.23 ± 0.23 to 5.77 ± 1.10 items/g, from 6.98 ± 0.45 to 15.07 ± 1.25 μg/kg, respectively. The microplastic abundance, particularly of fibers, transparent and color plastic debris, correlates strongly with PAH contents, indicating that microplastics increase the bioaccumulation of PAHs and microplastics with these characteristics have a significant vector effect on PAHs. Although consuming seafood from Sanggou Bay induce no carcinogenic risk from PAHs, the presence of microplastics in organisms can significantly increases incremental lifetime cancer risk of PAHs. Thus, microplastics can serve as transport vectors for PAHs with implications for the potential health risks to human through consumption. This study provides new insight into the risks of microplastics in marine environments.