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Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption
Van Cauwenberghe, L.; Janssen, C. (2014). Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption. Environ. Pollut. 193: 65-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2014.06.010
In: Environmental Pollution. Elsevier: Barking. ISSN 0269-7491; e-ISSN 1873-6424, meer
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Trefwoorden
    Ingestion
    Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) [WoRMS]; Mytilus edulis galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 [WoRMS]
    Marien/Kust
Author keywords
    Microplastics; Human food chain

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  • Van Cauwenberghe, L., meer
  • Janssen, C., meer

Abstract
    Microplastics are present throughout the marine environment and ingestion of these plastic particles (<1 mm) has been demonstrated in a laboratory setting for a wide array of marine organisms. Here, we investigate the presence of microplastics in two species of commercially grown bivalves: Mytilus edulis and Crassostrea gigas. Microplastics were recovered from the soft tissues of both species. At time of human consumption, M. edulis contains on average 0.36 ± 0.07 particles g-1 (wet weight), while a plastic load of 0.47 ± 0.16 particles g-1 ww was detected in C. gigas. As a result, the annual dietary exposure for European shellfish consumers can amount to 11,000 microplastics per year. The presence of marine microplastics in seafood could pose a threat to food safety, however, due to the complexity of estimating microplastic toxicity, estimations of the potential risks for human health posed by microplastics in food stuffs is not (yet) possible.

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