Microplastics in fish and fishery products and risks for human health: A review

L Alberghini, A Truant, S Santonicola… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, plastic waste has become a universally significant environmental problem.
Ingestion of food and water contaminated with microplastics is the main route of human …

Food chain microplastics contamination and impact on human health: a review

CG Eze, CE Nwankwo, S Dey… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Microplastics have been recently detected in many environmental media and living
organisms, yet their transfer and toxicity to humans are poorly known. Here, we review …

Role of mangrove forest in interception of microplastics (MPs): Challenges, progress, and prospects

Y Wang, M Jiao, T Li, R Li, B Liu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Mangroves receive microplastics (MPs) from terrestrial, marine and atmospheric sources,
acting as a huge filter for environmental MPs between land and sea. Due to the high primary …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in water, feed and tissues of European seabass reared in a recirculation aquaculture system (RAS)

RS Matias, S Gomes, LGA Barboza… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic particles (PLs) are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems, and aquaculture production is
susceptible to contamination from external or endogenous sources. This study investigated …

Microplastic occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract and gill of bioindicator fish species in the northeastern Mediterranean

E Kılıç, N Yücel - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution is an extremely emerging problem and its potential threats to the
aquatic organisms were investigated worldwide. In this study, four different commercial fish …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic contamination in marine mussels from the Atlantic coast of North Portugal and human risk of microplastic intake through mussel consumption

LGA Barboza, XL Otero, L Guilhermino - Environmental Pollution, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become a global concern due to its potential impacts on the
environment, ecosystem services and human health. The goals of the present study were to …

Influence of climate change and extreme weather events on an estuarine fish community

M Ilarri, AT Souza, E Dias, C Antunes - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent as a result of climate change, and the
increasing frequency of these events may lead to significant changes in fish assemblages. In …

Occurrence of microplastics and metals in European seabass produced in different aquaculture systems: Implications for human exposure, risk, and food safety

RS Matias, S Gomes, LGA Barboza… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are emerging contaminants of increasing concern as they may cause
adverse effects and carry other contaminants, which may potentially compromise human …

Microplastic ingestion evidence by economically important farmed fish species from Turkey

E Kılıç - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution and its potential impacts on humans become a global concern. This
study is the first study examining the microplastic ingestion in the commercially important …

Are microplastics contributing to pollution-induced neurotoxicity? A pilot study with wild fish in a real scenario

LGA Barboza, XL Otero, EV Fernández, LR Vieira… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Pollution-induced neurotoxicity is of high concern. This pilot study investigated the potential
relationship between the presence of microplastics (MPs) in the brain of 180 wild fish …