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RETRACTED: >Microplastics in different fish and shellfish species in the mangrove estuary of Bangladesh and evaluation of human exposure

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Summary

This retracted study investigated microplastic abundance in twenty fish and shellfish species from the Sundarbans mangrove estuary in Bangladesh. Researchers found microplastics in all samples, with bottom-feeding species showing the highest contamination levels, and estimated that the average person in Bangladesh may ingest over 85,000 microplastic particles per year through seafood consumption. The dominant polymer types identified were polypropylene, polyethylene, and polyamide.

Polymers
PE PP
Body Systems
Digestive Musculoskeletal
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Human

The water bodies in Bangladesh thrive from plastic pollution. Estuaries are pools of environmental contaminants, and the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans' estuary, is no exception. Thus, for the first time, we investigate MPs abundance in the muscle and gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of twenty estuarine species of fish and shellfish of the Sundarbans, as well as the human health risk. MPs abundance was evident in all the samples ranging from 5.37 ± 1.07 to 54.30 ± 16.53 MP items/g wet body weight (dw) in muscle samples and 7.33 ± 1.89 to 205.61 ± 136.88 MP items/g (dw) in GIT samples. The estimated health risk from MPs is substantial, where the average human intake will be 85,710.08 items of MPs per year per capita for the population of Bangladesh. The dominant polymer types observed using ATR-FTIR are PP and PE (17.5 %), PA (17.5 %) in the muscle tissues, and PP and PE (11.11 %), and EVA (11.11 %) in the GITs. Bottom-feeding species, such as demersal and benthic species, are more contaminated. However, the level of MPs in the species shows a negative correlation with the length and weight of the species. This study reveals that MP pollution is widespread and concerning in Bangladesh's Sundarban mangrove estuarine zone.

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