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ClearMicroplastics and Nanoplastics in Food
This review summarizes how microplastics enter the food chain through seafood and aquaculture, carrying both physical and chemical hazards from plastic additives and adsorbed pollutants. It discusses the risks to human health from consuming seafood contaminated with microplastics.
Microplastics as contaminants in commercially important seafood species
This review summarizes evidence that microplastic ingestion is widespread in commercially important seafood species including mollusks, crustaceans, and fish. Evidence indicates that microplastics can affect physiology, reproductive success, and survival in marine organisms, and may also act as vectors for chemical pollutants. The study highlights the potential for human exposure to microplastics through seafood consumption, though the full health implications remain to be determined.
Microplastic: pollution issue and seafood security
This review explains how microplastics enter the marine environment and contaminate seafood, summarizing evidence of their presence in fish and shellfish consumed by humans. The authors highlight seafood safety concerns and call for better regulation and monitoring of microplastic contamination in food systems.
Microplastic risks in the seafood in terms of food safety and their research methods
Microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate in aquatic organisms including fish, shellfish, and marine mammals, and can transfer into the human food supply through seafood. This review summarizes the health risks and detection methods used to identify microplastics in seafood, noting that some food processing steps may also introduce contamination.
Microplastics in Fish and Fishery Products and Risks for Human Health: A Review
This review summarizes existing research on microplastic contamination in fish and seafood products and the associated human health risks. Microplastics found in fish can carry harmful chemicals and pathogens, and once eaten by humans, they may cause oxidative stress and move from the gut to other tissues. The review highlights seafood as a major dietary source of microplastic exposure and calls for better monitoring and risk assessment.
Microplastics in Fish and Shellfish – A Threat to Seafood Safety?
This review evaluated the current knowledge on microplastic contamination in fish and shellfish in relation to seafood safety. Researchers found that while microplastics are commonly detected in the gastrointestinal tracts of fish (which are typically not consumed), bivalves and small fish eaten whole may present a more direct route of human exposure, though the overall health risk from microplastics in seafood remains uncertain.
Microplastics in Fish and Seafood Species
This chapter reviews microplastic contamination in fish and seafood species, including how plastics enter seafood through wild capture and aquaculture pathways. Because seafood is widely consumed globally, microplastics in fish and shellfish represent a direct route of human dietary exposure.
The Negative Impact of Microplastics on the Safety of Fish Raw Materials and Seafood
This review examined how microplastic exposure harms fish and seafood at multiple levels—blocking digestive tracts, injuring tissues, causing oxidative stress, disrupting immune function, and enabling the transfer of toxic additives—with implications for seafood safety.
Dietary Exposure to Additives and Sorbed Contaminants from Ingested Microplastic Particles Through the Consumption of Fisheries and Aquaculture Products
This review assessed human dietary exposure to plastic additives and co-contaminants via consumption of seafood containing ingested microplastics, concluding that while particle ingestion is likely low for most fish, whole-consumed species like bivalves and small fish represent a more meaningful exposure route.
Microplastics pollution in the marine environment: A review of sources, impacts and mitigation
This review summarizes how millions of tons of plastic waste enter the oceans each year and break into microplastics that absorb pollutants, heavy metals, and chemical additives. These contaminated particles pose risks to human health when they enter the food chain through seafood consumption.
Microplastics in Seafood and the Implications for Human Health
This review examines how humans are exposed to microplastics through seafood consumption and discusses the potential health implications. Researchers note that shellfish and small fish eaten whole pose the greatest concern because the entire digestive tract, where microplastics accumulate, is consumed. The evidence suggests that any toxicity depends on factors like particle size, polymer type, and the chemicals attached to the plastic surfaces.
The risks of marine micro/nano-plastics on seafood safety and human health
This review examined the risks of marine micro- and nanoplastics to seafood safety and human health, detailing how plastic particles are ingested by marine organisms and transferred through the food chain to consumers.
Micro- and nano-plastic contamination in foods and potential risk to human health
This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about micro- and nanoplastic contamination in food, covering sources, occurrence, and analytical detection methods. Researchers found that while various foods, especially seafood, contain measurable levels of microplastics, the health risks to humans remain difficult to assess due to inconsistent research methods. The study calls for standardized approaches to better evaluate dietary exposure and potential health impacts.
Microplastics in marine systems: A review of sources and sinks, typical environmental behaviors, and biological effects
This review summarizes how microplastics enter marine systems, carry heavy metals and organic pollutants, and release harmful additives as they degrade in the ocean. These contaminated particles are eaten by marine organisms and move up the food chain, ultimately posing potential health risks to humans who consume seafood.
Occurrence and pathways of microplastics, quantification protocol and adverseeffects of microplastics towards freshwater and seawater biota
This review examines the occurrence, pathways, and adverse effects of microplastics on freshwater and marine organisms, highlighting how these particles can enter the food chain through seafood consumption. The study suggests that microplastic ingestion causes health hazards in aquatic animals and points to gaps in understanding how microplastics affect human health along the food supply chain.
Marine Microplastics and Seafood: Implications for Food Security
This chapter reviewed the food safety implications of microplastics in seafood, finding that bivalves, crustaceans, and small fish consumed whole are the primary vectors of human ingestion, and that plastic additives and sorbed contaminants may pose additional chemical hazards beyond the particles themselves.
Impact of Microplastics on AquaticOrganisms and Human Health: A Review
This review examines how microplastics from degraded plastic debris accumulate in aquatic environments, are ingested by organisms at all levels of the food chain, and may transfer to humans through seafood. The evidence warrants concern about microplastic contamination as an emerging public health issue.
Microplastics—A New Threat to Aquatic Food Safety?
This review article examines whether microplastics pose a new threat to the safety of aquatic food sources, noting that plastics have accumulated widely in marine environments and are ingested by organisms throughout the food chain. The authors assess potential risks from microplastic particles in seafood and the possibility of chemical contaminants being transferred from plastic to human consumers.
Threats of Microplastic Pollution on Fishes and its Implications on Human Health (Review Article)
This review summarizes research from 2010 to 2023 on microplastic contamination in fish and its potential implications for human health. Researchers found that microplastics are ingested by fish across diverse aquatic environments, with particles accumulating in the gastrointestinal tract and other tissues. The study highlights concerns that microplastic-contaminated seafood may represent a pathway for human exposure to both the plastic particles and associated chemical pollutants.
MICROPLASTICS: Focus on Food and Health
This review covers the presence of microplastics in food and discusses their potential health implications, noting that humans are exposed through seafood, salt, drinking water, and other dietary sources. It summarizes current scientific understanding while acknowledging significant gaps in knowledge about long-term health effects.