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Detection of Microplastics in Commercially Important Shrimp via Chemical Digestion and Optical Microscopy
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
2026
Albert Hanchuck-Pereira,
Graziele Cristine Silva,
Davi Araújo Fernandes,
Talita Sarah Mazzoni
Summary
Researchers detected microplastics in commercially important shrimp species using chemical digestion and optical microscopy, quantifying particle characteristics and raising food-safety concerns about human exposure through seafood consumption.
In aquatic ecosystems, plastics degrade, transforming into smaller particles called microplastics (MPs), which can easily be mistaken for food and ingested by aquatic fauna, contaminating it. Many of these contaminated animals are of great commercial interest and are part of the human food cha...