包装的螺旋藻产品的微塑料污染
Serkan Tutaroğlu1, Leyla Uslu1,2, Sedat Gündoğdu3
1Department of Biotechnology, Cukurova University, Balcalı, Saricam, 01330, Adana, Türkiye.
Environmental science and pollution research international
|November 30, 2023
概括
在大多数商业销售的螺旋藻产品中发现了微塑料污染. 纤维是最常见的微塑料类型,蓝色是主要的颜色,突出了食补充剂的潜在风险.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 食品安全 食品安全
- 分析化学 分析化学
背景情况:
- 微塑料 (MP) 污染是一个日益严重的全球问题,影响着各种食物来源.
- 像螺旋藻这样的食补充剂中MPs的存在和影响在很大程度上仍未被调查.
- 螺旋藻是一种受欢迎的富含营养的藻类补充剂,使其污染成为公共卫生问题.
研究的目的:
- 调查商用螺旋藻产品中微塑料的存在和特征.
- 量化微塑料的丰富度,并确定螺旋藻样本中的聚合物类型.
- 探索微塑料含量和C-Phycocyanin含量之间的潜在相关性.
主要方法:
- 采购了来自各种品牌,包装类型和来源的29个螺旋藻样本.
- 微观和μ-拉曼光谱分析用于微塑料的识别和量化.
- C-Phycocyanin分析以验证螺旋藻含量并与微塑料含量进行比较.
主要成果:
- 在29种螺旋藻产品中,在26种产品中检测到微塑料,平均丰度为13.77 ± 2.45 MPs/100 g dw.
- 纤维 (61.7%) 比碎片 (38.3%) 更为普遍,蓝色 (52.8%) 是主导的颜色.
- 聚烯和聚烯是发现的最常见的聚合物;在C-Phycocyanin和MP度之间没有发现显著的相关性.
结论:
- 商业上销售的螺旋藻产品是摄入微塑料的潜在来源.
- 包装和加工阶段显著影响微塑料污染水平和成分.
- 进一步的研究是必要的,以确定微塑料的来源,并评估与螺旋藻消费相关的人类健康风险.
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