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Potential Impact of Microplastics and Additives on the Health Status of Loggerhead Turtles (Caretta caretta) Stranded Along the Central Adriatic Coast
Water Air & Soil Pollution2021
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Federica Di Giacinto,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Tanja Bogdanović,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Marco Matiddi,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Tanja Bogdanović,
Marco Matiddi,
Tanja Bogdanović,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Tanja Bogdanović,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Giuseppina Mascilongo,
Giuseppina Mascilongo,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Miriam Berti,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Marco Matiddi,
Giuseppina Mascilongo,
Giuseppina Mascilongo,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Tanja Bogdanović,
Marco Matiddi,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Marco Matiddi,
Mia Brkljača,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Eddy Listeš,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Marco Matiddi,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Mia Brkljača,
Vincenzo Olivieri,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Nicola Ferri
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Nicola Ferri
Marco Matiddi,
Eddy Listeš,
Eddy Listeš,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Tanja Bogdanović,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Tanja Bogdanović,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Miriam Berti,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Marco Matiddi,
Eddy Listeš,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Eddy Listeš,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Nicola Ferri
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Mia Brkljača,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Mia Brkljača,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Vincenzo Olivieri,
Vincenzo Olivieri,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Marco Matiddi,
Nicola Ferri
Cecilia Silvestri,
Giorgia Gioacchini,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Nicola D’Alterio,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Marco Matiddi,
Valentina Notarstefano,
Marco Matiddi,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Nicola Ferri
Nicola Ferri
Elisabetta Giorgini,
Ludovica Di Renzo,
Federica Di Giacinto,
Marco Matiddi,
Cecilia Silvestri,
Nicola Ferri
Miriam Berti,
Miriam Berti,
Giuseppina Mascilongo,
Giuseppina Mascilongo,
Marco Matiddi,
Nicola Ferri
Nicola Ferri
Summary
Researchers performed necropsies on loggerhead sea turtles stranded on Italy's Adriatic coast and found microplastics as small as 0.45 micrometers in all animals, along with plastic additives like BPA detected in liver and fat tissue — demonstrating that microplastics and their chemical additives penetrate deep into the organs of marine wildlife.
Abstract Loggerhead sea turtle ( C. caretta ) is the official European bioindicator of marine litter in the Mediterranean Sea. In 2019, 8 sea turtles, out of 28 specimens loggerhead on the Adriatic coast of Molise, were subjected to necropsy. The intestinal contents were collected and the microplastics until 0.45 μm were extracted. Qualitative and quantitative assessments were performed by stereomicroscope observation and spectroscopic analyses (attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, ATR-FTIR and Raman microspectroscopy, RMS). Moreover, the analytical quantification of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polycarbonate (PC), para phthalic acid (PTA) and bisphenol A (BPA) in fat and liver tissues was performed by LC-MS/MS. Microparticles ranging from 0.45 μm to 1 mm were found in all turtles, for a total of 623, while plastic litter greater than 1 mm were found only in 4 specimens (ranging from 0.03 to 0.11 g). Nineteen different polymers and 10 pigments, including polyester (100% of animals), high-density polyethylene (50%) and polypropylene (50%) were identified. BPA, PTA and PET were detected in fat and liver tissues of all animals, while PC was found only in 50%. A major prevalence was registered in the abdominal fat tissue, although only PC compounds were significantly higher in abdominal tissue ( p < 0.05), except for free PTA with liver tissue being the most contaminated ( p < 0.05). Microplastics and additives surely impact the health status of turtles that showed gastrointestinal impairment and an important level of contamination in tissues. Graphical abstract