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Bioaccumulation of additives and chemical contaminants from environmental microplastics in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
The Science of The Total Environment2022
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Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Daniel Montero,
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Alicia Herrera,
Stefanie Reinold,
Stefanie Reinold,
Jorge Rapp,
May Gómez,
Jorge Rapp,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Stefanie Reinold,
Stefanie Reinold,
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Daniel Montero,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
May Gómez,
Jorge Rapp,
Ico Martínez
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Ico Martínez
Octavio P. Luzardo,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Jorge Rapp,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Daniel Montero,
Jorge Rapp,
Stefanie Reinold,
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Stefanie Reinold,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Jorge Rapp,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Jorge Rapp,
Stefanie Reinold,
May Gómez,
Jorge Rapp,
May Gómez,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
May Gómez,
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Jorge Rapp,
Stefanie Reinold,
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Stefanie Reinold,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Stefanie Reinold,
May Gómez,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
Andrea Acosta-Dacal,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Stefanie Reinold,
Stefanie Reinold,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Stefanie Reinold,
Ico Martínez
Stefanie Reinold,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Sarah Montesdeoca‐Esponda,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Octavio P. Luzardo,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Daniel Montero,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Daniel Montero,
Daniel Montero,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
Alicia Herrera,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
May Gómez,
Ico Martínez
Alicia Herrera,
Ico Martínez
Summary
Researchers exposed European seabass to environmentally collected microplastics to study the bioaccumulation of plastic additives and chemical contaminants. They found that contaminants associated with the microplastics, including metals and organic pollutants, transferred to fish tissues over the exposure period. The study provides evidence that microplastics can act as carriers of harmful chemicals into marine organisms consumed by humans.
Marine microplastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems we face. The growth of plastic production has not ceased since the 1950s and it is currently estimated that 368 tons of plastic were produced in 2019 (PlascticsEurope, 2020). Geyer et al. (2017) estimate that 79% of the plastic produced in the world still remains in the environment; this plastic due to the effect of degradation and subsequent fragmentation, is present in the form of microplastics in all oceans and, due to its small size can be ingested by fish and filter-feeding organisms. In addition, microplastics have additives and chemical contaminants associated with them, and the potential effect of microplastic ingestion on marine organisms, and through them, the potential risk to humans, is unknown. In the present study, European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) were fed for 60 days with three treatments: Control (feed), MP (feed with 10% virgin microplastics) and EMP (feed with 10% environmental microplastics), being the first study to evaluate long-term accumulation of contaminants due to ingestion of environmental microplastics (EMP) in fish. Both plastic additives such as PBDEs, and chemical contaminants adsorbed from the environment such as PCBs and DDE, were analyzed in the EMP, feed and liver. The concentration of microplastics in the feed was calculated based on the MPs/zooplankton wet weight (WW) ratio of 0.1 found in an area of maximum accumulation in the Canary Islands. Therefore, it is an experiment that simulates real conditions, but in the worst-case scenario, using both, concentrations based on data obtained in oceanographic campaigns and microplastics collected from the environment. Our results show that in this scenario, additives and chemical contaminants adsorbed on EMPs bioaccumulate in fish liver due to long-term ingestion of microplastics.