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Microplastic contamination and pollutant levels in mussels and cockles collected along the channel coasts
Environmental Pollution2019
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Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Arnaud Huvet
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Guillaume Duflos,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Arnaud Huvet
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Guillaume Duflos,
Maria El Rakwe,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Justine Receveur,
Charlotte Himber,
Charlotte Himber,
Charlotte Himber,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Philippe Soudant,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Charlotte Himber,
Maria El Rakwe,
Charlotte Himber,
Charlotte Himber,
Justine Receveur,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Arnaud Huvet
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Guillaume Duflos,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Guillaume Duflos,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Charlotte Himber,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Charlotte Himber,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Christophe Lambert,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Maria El Rakwe,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Guillaume Duflos,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Christophe Lambert,
Philippe Soudant,
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Guillaume Duflos,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Arnaud Huvet
Christophe Lambert,
Maria El Rakwe,
Charlotte Himber,
Maria El Rakwe,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Charlotte Himber,
Charlotte Himber,
Guillaume Duflos,
Guillaume Duflos,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Philippe Soudant,
Charlotte Himber,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ronan Jézéquel,
Philippe Soudant,
Charlotte Himber,
Arnaud Huvet
Ronan Jézéquel,
Justine Receveur,
Justine Receveur,
Arnaud Huvet
Justine Receveur,
Guillaume Duflos,
Charlotte Himber,
Charlotte Himber,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Guillaume Duflos,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Arnaud Huvet
Charlotte Himber,
Charlotte Himber,
Arnaud Huvet
Philippe Soudant,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Arnaud Huvet
Philippe Soudant,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Guillaume Duflos,
Guillaume Duflos,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Justine Receveur,
Christophe Lambert,
Arnaud Huvet
Justine Receveur,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Christophe Lambert,
Justine Receveur,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Charlotte Himber,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Ronan Jézéquel,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Charlotte Himber,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Maria El Rakwe,
Ronan Jézéquel,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Philippe Soudant,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Justine Receveur,
Guillaume Duflos,
Arnaud Huvet
Alexandre Dehaut,
Arnaud Huvet
Justine Receveur,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Arnaud Huvet
Charlotte Himber,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Guillaume Duflos,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Philippe Soudant,
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Arnaud Huvet
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Arnaud Huvet
Alexandre Dehaut,
Arnaud Huvet
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Christophe Lambert,
Philippe Soudant,
Arnaud Huvet
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Philippe Soudant,
Maria El Rakwe,
Philippe Soudant,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Maria El Rakwe,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Maria El Rakwe,
Arnaud Huvet
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Guillaume Duflos,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Maria El Rakwe,
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Maria El Rakwe,
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Maria El Rakwe,
Philippe Soudant,
Arnaud Huvet
Christophe Lambert,
Maria El Rakwe,
Charlotte Himber,
Charlotte Himber,
Arnaud Huvet
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Maria El Rakwe,
Arnaud Huvet
Maria El Rakwe,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Maria El Rakwe,
Gilles Rivière,
Gilles Rivière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Christophe Lambert,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Ronan Jézéquel,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Gilles Rivière,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Ronan Jézéquel,
Guillaume Duflos,
Arnaud Huvet
Gilles Rivière,
Philippe Soudant,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Philippe Soudant,
Justine Receveur,
Philippe Soudant,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Christophe Lambert,
Philippe Soudant,
Justine Receveur,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Christophe Lambert,
Guillaume Duflos,
Ronan Jézéquel,
Philippe Soudant,
Guillaume Duflos,
Philippe Soudant,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Christophe Lambert,
Ronan Jézéquel,
Christophe Lambert,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Ika Paul-Pont,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Guillaume Duflos,
Philippe Soudant,
Guillaume Duflos,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Emmanuel Rinnert,
Alexandre Dehaut,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Guillaume Duflos,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Arnaud Huvet
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Anne-Laure Cassone,
Guillaume Duflos,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Arnaud Huvet
Christophe Lambert,
Christophe Lambert,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Arnaud Huvet
Guillaume Duflos,
Guillaume Duflos,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Philippe Soudant,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Guillaume Duflos,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Maria El Rakwe,
Maria El Rakwe,
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Arnaud Huvet
Philippe Soudant,
Arnaud Huvet
Ludovic Hermabessière,
Ika Paul-Pont,
Arnaud Huvet
Summary
Researchers analyzed microplastic contamination in blue mussels and cockles from the English Channel coastline in France, finding that 34 to 58 percent of the bivalves contained microplastics. They also measured plastic additives and organic pollutants in the tissues but found no significant correlation between microplastic loads and chemical contaminant levels. The study suggests that while commercially harvested bivalves are routinely contaminated with microplastics, the relationship between particle ingestion and chemical pollutant accumulation is not straightforward.
Nowadays, environmental pollution by microplastics (<5 mm; MP) is a major issue. MP are contaminating marine organisms consumed by humans. This work studied MP contamination in two bivalve species of commercial interest: blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) sampled on the Channel coastlines (France). In parallel, 13 plastic additives and 27 hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) were quantified in bivalves flesh using SBSE-TD-GS-MS/MS to explore a possible relationship between their concentrations and MP contamination levels. MP were extracted using a 10% potassium hydroxide digestion method then identified by μ-Raman spectroscopy. The proportion of contaminated bivalves by MP ranged from 34 to 58%. Blue mussels and common cockles exhibited 0.76 ± 0.40 and 2.46 ± 1.16 MP/individual and between 0.15 ± 0.06 and 0.74 ± 0.35 MP/g of tissue wet weight. Some HOC and plastic additives were detected in bivalves. However, no significant Pearson or Spearman correlation was found between MP loads and plastic additives or HOC concentrations in bivalve tissues for the two species.