微塑料的全球传播:来自世界市场的,和甲动物中的污染
Tamara Mutić1, Jelena Mutić1, Miloš Ilić1
1Center of Excellence for Molecular Food Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 17, 2024
概括
微塑料 (MP) 污染在43.68%的商业销售的,和甲动物中被发现. 类的MP含量因贝类而异,而不是市场位置,并且不会根据动物的大小生物积累.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 食品安全 食品安全
- 海洋生物学 海洋生物学
背景情况:
- 海鲜中的微塑料 (MP) 污染对人类健康构成潜在风险.
- 评估MP在商业重要物种中的发生对于食品风险评估至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查来自各种市场的,和甲类动物中的微塑料污染.
- 确定MP污染是否与物种,市场来源或动物大小相关.
主要方法:
- 采用了标准化的方法,包括改善了样品制备的消化方案.
- 微里叶变换红外光谱学 (microFTIR) 用于单个样本分析.
- 分析了来自比利时,克罗地亚,塞尔维亚和韩国的190个样本.
主要成果:
- 在43.68%的分析的贝类样本中检测到微塑料.
- 与双动物 (海和) 相比,甲动物每克组织的MP水平较低.
- 主导的MP因物种而异:聚钢,聚烯和聚乙烯在双动物中;聚胺,聚乙烯二甲和聚乙烯在甲类动物中.
结论:
- 贝类中的微塑料污染主要与贝类的类型有关,而不是其地理市场来源.
- 该研究没有发现证据支持MPs的生物积累或生物放大,随着研究中的贝类动物体积的增加.
- 这些发现有助于理解海鲜中的MP分布,并为食品安全评估提供信息.
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