Micro and Nanoplastics size distribution in mussel tissues: first evidence, identification, and quantification in the nanogram range
Research Square (Research Square)2023
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Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Silvia Fraissinet,
Dušan Materić
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Silvia Fraissinet,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Silvia Fraissinet,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Silvia Fraissinet,
Dušan Materić
Silvia Fraissinet,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Cosimino Malitesta,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Dušan Materić
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Silvia Fraissinet,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Cosimino Malitesta,
Silvia Fraissinet,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Dušan Materić
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Rupert Holzinger,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Rupert Holzinger,
Giuseppe Egidio De Benedetto,
Rupert Holzinger,
Dušan Materić
Summary
Italian researchers used a highly sensitive mass spectrometry technique to detect and quantify both microplastics and nanoplastics in farmed mussels, finding plastic particles in every sample tested. Nanoplastics in the 20–200 nm range were present in substantial quantities, and the authors estimate that European seafood consumers could ingest over 2 milligrams of nanoplastics per year through mussel consumption alone. This is one of the first studies to directly quantify nanoplastics in a commonly eaten seafood, raising significant concerns about dietary exposure.
<title>Abstract</title> Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) (MNPs) are hazardous to ecosystems, wildlife, and through seafood, also for human health. Due to biological, chemical, and physical characteristics, NPs can slip through cell membranes, being even more toxicologically important than MPs. Thermal Desorption - Proton Transfer Reaction - Mass Spectrometry (TD-PTR-MS) was used to analyse mussels from the Apulian region, Italy. All the analysed organisms have NPs (values ranging from 10 ng MNPs/ DW mg to 187 ng MNPs / DW mg). The highest mass of plastics was detected in the size groups > 2,2 µm (218 ng MNPs / DW mg) and 20–200 nm (187 ng MNPs / DW mg). An upscaling we performed estimated that people in Europe could ingest more than 2 mg of NPs per year through seafood consumption. The detected presence of nanoplastics in farmed mussels here presented contributes to establishing a baseline for monitoring these pollutants.