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Consumption of commercially sold dried fish snack “Charales” contaminated with microplastics in Mexico
Environmental Pollution2023
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V.C. Shruti,
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V.C. Shruti,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
V.C. Shruti,
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V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
V.C. Shruti,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
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Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
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V.C. Shruti,
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V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
V.C. Shruti,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
V.C. Shruti,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
V.C. Shruti,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
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V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
V.C. Shruti,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
V.C. Shruti,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Ignacio Elizalde,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Ignacio Elizalde,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Fermín Pérez‐Guevara,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
V.C. Shruti,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
V.C. Shruti,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy
V.C. Shruti,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Ignacio Elizalde,
V.C. Shruti,
V.C. Shruti,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Ignacio Elizalde,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Priyadarsi D. Roy,
Priyadarsi D. Roy
Summary
Researchers examined commercially sold dried fish snacks from markets across Mexico and found microplastics in every sample tested, with contamination levels ranging widely between vendors. Fish from traditional markets and street vendors tended to have higher microplastic counts than those from supermarkets. The findings highlight that processed dried fish products represent a direct route of human exposure to microplastics through everyday food consumption.
Inadvertent human exposure to microplastics by the ingestion of microplastic-contaminated processed foods poses health risks and new preventative issues; nevertheless, investigations analyzing microplastic occurrences in commercially dried fish for direct human consumption are scarce. This study assessed the abundance and characteristics of microplastics in 25 commercially sold dried fish products (4 supermarkets, 3 street vendors, and 18 traditional agri-product farmers' markets) from two widely consumed and commercially important Chirostoma species (C. jordani and C. patzcuaro) in Mexico. Microplastics were detected in all the samples examined, with abundances ranging from 4.00 ± 0.94 to 55.33 ± 9.43 items g. C. jordani dried fish samples had higher mean microplastic abundance (15.17 ± 5.90 items g) than the C. patzcuaro dried fish samples (7.82 ± 2.90 items g); nevertheless, there was no statistically significant difference in microplastic concentrations between the samples. The most prevalent type of microplastic was fiber (67.55%), followed by fragment (29.18%), film (3.00%), and sphere (0.27%). Non-colored microplastics (67.35%) predominated, while microplastic sizes varied from 24 to 1670 μm, with sizes less than 500 μm (84%) being the most common. ATR-FTIR analysis revealed polyester, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polyvinyl alcohol, ethylene-propylene copolymer, nylon-6 (3), cellophane, and viscose in the dried fish samples. Overall, this study's findings are the first in Latin America to demonstrate microplastic contamination in dried fish for human consumption, underscoring the need for developing countermeasures to prevent plastic pollution in fish-caught regions and reduce the risks of human exposure to these micropollutants.