Microplastic contamination and biological alterations in Atlantic wild fish populations, and human health risks associated to fillet consumption.

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Main Authors: Lourenço, Sara C, Aleluia, Alexandre A M R A, Barboza, L Gabriel A, Otero, Xosé L, Cunha, Sara C, Fernandes, José O, Guilhermino, Lúcia
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Published: Marine environmental research 2025
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author Lourenço, Sara C
Aleluia, Alexandre A M R A
Barboza, L Gabriel A
Otero, Xosé L
Cunha, Sara C
Fernandes, José O
Guilhermino, Lúcia
author_facet Lourenço, Sara C
Aleluia, Alexandre A M R A
Barboza, L Gabriel A
Otero, Xosé L
Cunha, Sara C
Fernandes, José O
Guilhermino, Lúcia
Lourenço, Sara C
Aleluia, Alexandre A M R A
Barboza, L Gabriel A
Otero, Xosé L
Cunha, Sara C
Fernandes, José O
Guilhermino, Lúcia
collection PubMed - marine biology
contents Microplastic contamination and biological alterations in Atlantic wild fish populations, and human health risks associated to fillet consumption. Lourenço, Sara C Aleluia, Alexandre A M R A Barboza, L Gabriel A Otero, Xosé L Cunha, Sara C Fernandes, José O Guilhermino, Lúcia Animals Microplastics Water Pollutants, Chemical Environmental Monitoring Humans Fishes Risk Assessment Food Contamination Gadiformes Dietary Exposure Seafood Biomarkers This study tested the hypothesis that long-term exposure to microplastics (MPs) is causing biological alterations in North Atlantic wild populations of Trisopterus luscus (pouting) and Merluccius merluccius (hake). It also estimated the human risk of MP intake (HRI) through fillet consumption, and combined the HRI and polymer health hazard in the Risk of Intake and Polymer Hazard Index (RIPHI). Fish (103) were analysed for MPs (gastrointestinal tract, gills, liver, brain, muscle), biomarkers (physical condition, neurotoxicity, energy production, oxidative stress and damage) and general stress (Integrated Biomarker Response - IBR). After particle analysis (Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy) and data correction for contamination, MPs accounted for 77 % of 311 particles. From 103 fish, 79 % contained MPs. The overall mean concentration ±SD was 0.09 ± 0.09 MP g (2.32 ± 2.35 MPs ind) with no significant interspecific differences (p > 0.05). Among body sites, brain had the highest MP concentration (pouting: 0.6 MP g; hake: 0.5 MP g). Most abundant polymers were polyethylene (40 %), polypropylene (21 %) and polymethyl methacrylate (12 %). Fragments (
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spellingShingle Microplastic contamination and biological alterations in Atlantic wild fish populations, and human health risks associated to fillet consumption.
Lourenço, Sara C
Aleluia, Alexandre A M R A
Barboza, L Gabriel A
Otero, Xosé L
Cunha, Sara C
Fernandes, José O
Guilhermino, Lúcia
Animals
Microplastics
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Environmental Monitoring
Humans
Fishes
Risk Assessment
Food Contamination
Gadiformes
Dietary Exposure
Seafood
Biomarkers
Microplastic contamination and biological alterations in Atlantic wild fish populations, and human health risks associated to fillet consumption. Lourenço, Sara C Aleluia, Alexandre A M R A Barboza, L Gabriel A Otero, Xosé L Cunha, Sara C Fernandes, José O Guilhermino, Lúcia Animals Microplastics Water Pollutants, Chemical Environmental Monitoring Humans Fishes Risk Assessment Food Contamination Gadiformes Dietary Exposure Seafood Biomarkers This study tested the hypothesis that long-term exposure to microplastics (MPs) is causing biological alterations in North Atlantic wild populations of Trisopterus luscus (pouting) and Merluccius merluccius (hake). It also estimated the human risk of MP intake (HRI) through fillet consumption, and combined the HRI and polymer health hazard in the Risk of Intake and Polymer Hazard Index (RIPHI). Fish (103) were analysed for MPs (gastrointestinal tract, gills, liver, brain, muscle), biomarkers (physical condition, neurotoxicity, energy production, oxidative stress and damage) and general stress (Integrated Biomarker Response - IBR). After particle analysis (Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy) and data correction for contamination, MPs accounted for 77 % of 311 particles. From 103 fish, 79 % contained MPs. The overall mean concentration ±SD was 0.09 ± 0.09 MP g (2.32 ± 2.35 MPs ind) with no significant interspecific differences (p > 0.05). Among body sites, brain had the highest MP concentration (pouting: 0.6 MP g; hake: 0.5 MP g). Most abundant polymers were polyethylene (40 %), polypropylene (21 %) and polymethyl methacrylate (12 %). Fragments (
title Microplastic contamination and biological alterations in Atlantic wild fish populations, and human health risks associated to fillet consumption.
topic Animals
Microplastics
Water Pollutants, Chemical
Environmental Monitoring
Humans
Fishes
Risk Assessment
Food Contamination
Gadiformes
Dietary Exposure
Seafood
Biomarkers
url https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40253821/