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The socio-economic effect on microplastic pollution of boiled salted fish
Summary
This Indonesian study investigated microplastic contamination in boiled salted fish, a traditional food product, and explored how socioeconomic factors of the people producing and selling the fish related to contamination levels. Microplastics were found in fish samples, and socioeconomic factors influenced exposure risk. The findings are relevant to food safety and human microplastic ingestion through traditional fish products.
Abstract Boiled salted fish is one of the favorite fish processing commodities in Bogor. Every year its production increase in line with potential health hazards for consumers, one of which is caused by contamination of raw materials by microplastics. The socio-economic of people were suspected of having influenced the occurrence of the contamination. The study area took place in Bogor, aiming to analyze the correlation between socio-economic and microplastic contamination in boiled salted fish. The purposive sampling method was used in this study on 150 consumers representing gender, age, education, occupation, and income. The result was analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics using the likelihood ratio, wald, and odds ratio test to determine which variables had the most influence. The analytical results showed that the variables of gender and education had a significant correlation (95%) with 0.5-7 times of risk. It is shown in the wald result, and the odds ratio is 2.619-17.182 (more than x 2 (df ,a) value) and 0.453-7.044. It can be concluded that the potential of microplastic contamination in boiled salted fish correlated with gender and level of education and can be controlled by enhancing the understanding of gender groups through improving public education to a higher level.
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