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Catarino, Valeria Macchia, William G. Sanderson, Richard C. Thompson, Theodore B. Henry,<\/p>\n<p>Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal,<\/p>\n<p>Environmental Pollution,<br \/>\nVolume 237,<br \/>\n2018,<br \/>\nPages 675-684,<br \/>\nISSN 0269-7491,<\/p>\n<p>Abstract:<\/p>\n<p>Microplastics (MPs) are the most numerous debris reported in<br \/>\nmarine environments and assessment of the amounts of MPs that accumulate<br \/>\nin wild organisms is necessary for risk assessment. Our objective was to<br \/>\nassess MP contamination in mussels collected around the coast of<br \/>\nScotland (UK) to identify characteristics of MPs and to evaluate risk of<br \/>\nhuman exposure to MPs via ingestion of mussels. We deployed caged<br \/>\nmussels (Mytilus edulis) in an urbanised estuary (Edinburgh, UK) to<br \/>\nassess seasonal changes in plastic pollution, and collected mussels<br \/>\n(Mytilus spp and subtidal Modiolus modiolus) from eight sampling<br \/>\nstations around Scotland to enumerate MP types at different locations.<br \/>\nWe determined the potential exposure of humans to household dust fibres<br \/>\nduring a meal to compare with amounts of MPs present in edible mussels.<br \/>\nThe mean number of MPs in M.\u00a0modiolus was 0.086\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.031 (SE, n\u202f=\u202f6)\/g ww<br \/>\n(3.5\u202f\u00b1\u202f1.29 (SE) per mussel). In Mytilus spp, the mean number of MPs\/g<br \/>\nww was 3.0\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.9 (SE, n\u202f=\u202f36) (3.2\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.52 (SE) per mussel), but weight<br \/>\ndependent. The visual accuracy of plastic fibres identification was<br \/>\nestimated to be between 48 and 50%, using Nile Red staining and FT-IR<br \/>\nmethodologies, respectively, halving the observed amounts of MPs in wild<br \/>\nmussels. We observed an allometric relationship between the number of<br \/>\nMPs and the mussels wet weight. Our predictions of MPs ingestion by<br \/>\nhumans via consumption of mussels is 123\u202fMP particles\/y\/capita in the UK<br \/>\nand can go up to 4620 particles\/y\/capita in countries with a higher<br \/>\nshellfish consumption. By comparison, the risk of plastic ingestion via<br \/>\nmussel consumption is minimal when compared to fibre exposure during a<br \/>\nmeal via dust fallout in a household (13,731\u201368,415 particles\/Y\/capita).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1i21GXMPUXEKWR_U1Cd7Kxcm0Rvosstkr\">https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1i21GXMPUXEKWR_U1Cd7Kxcm0Rvosstkr<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envpol.2018.02.069\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envpol.2018.02.069<\/a>.<br \/>\n(http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0269749117344445)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ana I. Catarino, Valeria Macchia, William G. Sanderson, Richard C. Thompson, Theodore B. Henry, Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal, Environmental Pollution, Volume 237, 2018, Pages 675-684, ISSN 0269-7491, Abstract: Microplastics (MPs) are the most numerous debris reported in marine environments and assessment of the amounts of MPs that accumulate in wild organisms is necessary for risk assessment. Our objective was to assess MP contamination in mussels collected around the coast of Scotland (UK) to identify characteristics of MPs and to evaluate risk of human exposure to MPs via ingestion of mussels. We deployed caged mussels (Mytilus edulis) in an urbanised estuary (Edinburgh, UK) to assess seasonal changes in plastic pollution, and collected mussels (Mytilus spp and subtidal Modiolus modiolus) from eight sampling stations around Scotland to enumerate MP types at different locations. We determined the potential exposure of humans to household dust fibres during a meal to compare with amounts of MPs present in edible mussels. The mean number of MPs in M.\u00a0modiolus was 0.086\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.031 (SE, n\u202f=\u202f6)\/g ww (3.5\u202f\u00b1\u202f1.29 (SE) per mussel). In Mytilus spp, the mean number of MPs\/g ww was 3.0\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.9 (SE, n\u202f=\u202f36) (3.2\u202f\u00b1\u202f0.52 (SE) per mussel), but weight dependent. The visual accuracy of plastic fibres identification was estimated to be between 48 and 50%, using Nile Red staining and FT-IR methodologies, respectively, halving the observed amounts of MPs in wild mussels. We observed an allometric relationship between the number of MPs and the mussels wet weight. Our predictions of MPs ingestion by humans via consumption of mussels is 123\u202fMP particles\/y\/capita in the UK and can go up to 4620 particles\/y\/capita in countries with a higher shellfish consumption. By comparison, the risk of plastic ingestion via mussel consumption is minimal when compared to fibre exposure during a meal via dust fallout in a household (13,731\u201368,415 particles\/Y\/capita). https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1i21GXMPUXEKWR_U1Cd7Kxcm0Rvosstkr https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envpol.2018.02.069. (http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0269749117344445)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2222],"tags":[1526,1307,1527,1331,1528],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Low levels of microplastics (MP) in wild mussels indicate that MP ingestion by humans is minimal compared to exposure via household fibres fallout during a meal - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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