Human health risk and food safety implications of microplastic consumption by fish from coastal waters of the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Mahu, Edem; Datsomor, Wise Goodluck; Folorunsho, Regina; Fisayo, Jerome; Crane, Richard A.; Marchant, Robert; Montford, Judith; Boateng, Mario Charles; Oti, Maurice Edusei; Oguguah, Margret Ngozi; Gordon, Christopher J.

doi:10.1016/j.foodcont.2022.109503

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“…Food security is not solely the commodity of rice but all non-rice local food potential that is available. This is the most important road marker on the trajectory towards sustainable national food security (Mahu et al, 2023). This is in accordance with Law Number 18 of 2012 that national food security is a condition in which every individual and household has physical, economic access and sufficient, safe and nutritious food availability to meet needs according to tastes for a healthy life (Hidayah, 2020).…”

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confidence: 60%

Food Security and Women Case Study of Mahu Country on Saparua Island

Sahusilawane

Pattiselanno

2023

IJMABER

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Maintaining household food security is a way to overcome food insecurity. Women play an important role to make it happen, one of them is through household businesses. The research was conducted in Mahu Administrative Country on Saparua Island. The method used is descriptive analysis and field observation. Sampling was done purposively (purposive sample) of 24.40% (51 women) from 209 women of working age. The research objectives were (1) to find out the readiness of women to maintain household food security, (2) to find out about women's empowerment programs related to local food, (3) to find out the cooperation between the state government and the community regarding food security. The results showed: (1) household food security is still weak (2) women's empowerment programs have not been maximized, (3) coordination between the government and the community regarding food security needs to be improved.

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confidence: 60%

Food Security and Women Case Study of Mahu Country on Saparua Island

Sahusilawane

Pattiselanno

2023

IJMABER

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“…According to the data from our laboratory [17] and unpublished data, mullets consume more microplastics than other fish. The average abundance of microplastics in the GITs of M. cephalus from the coastal waters of the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean was 67.2 items/individual, which had the highest number of microplastics among the seven investigated species [35]. A high microplastic ingestion rate was also observed in the Mugil cephalus in the northeastern Mediterranean, for which the average abundance was 46.4 items/individual [36].…”

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Investigation of Microplastics in Surface Water and Estuarine Mullet Mugil cephalus from 23 Estuary Areas, South China

Wang¹,

Wang

Sun

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Microplastics, which are defined as small plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, have been found in various aquatic environments all over the world. In this study, we investigated the level of microplastics in the surface water and estuarine mullet Mugil cephalus from 23 estuary areas in the south of China. M. cephalus, due to its wide distribution and high tolerance, was selected as a candidate fish species for monitoring the ingestion of marine microplastics. The size, color, and type of all microplastics were recorded from the water and fish samples by stereomicroscope. The average abundance of microplastics was 18,261 items/m3 in the surface water, and 7.2 items/individual in fish. These alarming numbers revealed significant pollution due to microplastics in the environment. Fragments and minute-sized particles were the most common features found in both the water and the fish samples. Some impurities in the water sample were easily confused with microplastics, but regular forms on the surface of the impurity could be distinguished by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The shape, color, and size of the microplastics in the fish and water samples were similar, which suggested that the microplastics in the water might enter the organisms’ body, thereby affecting the health of aquatic species and even humans. Based on these findings, it is highly recommended that the monitoring and managing of pollution due to microplastics be addressed in the estuaries.

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“…Microfibers have been reported as the most prevalent plastic type in aquatic ecosystems. Severe studies have reported high fiber abundance in organisms [ 29 , [65] , [66] , [67] ]. The predominant fiber abundance in biota samples reported in this study could be due to municipal and industrial waste discharges, runoff from landfills near the riverbanks, or fragmentation of aquaculture cages within the Volta Lake enclave.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Meanwhile, microplastics are associated with areas of high anthropogenic activities and the proximity of freshwaters to anthropogenic activities may present such ecosystems with high microplastic pollution. Therefore, urban freshwater systems are both a potential repository for land-based microplastics and a source of marine microplastics that expose inhabiting organisms to the risk of microplastic toxicities [ 29 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The evidence of microplastics in edible fish products pose significant health challenges to humans since plastics may contain chemical additives or may absorb environmental contaminants, which could expose humans to environmental pollutants. The consumption of fish remains a key source of plastic exposure to humans [ 29 ]. Microplastics that remain in human guts may be excreted through the intestine.…”

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Microplastics in the Volta Lake: Occurrence, distribution, and human health implications

Boateng,

Addo,

Duodu

et al. 2024

Heliyon

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Human health risk and food safety implications of microplastic consumption by fish from coastal waters of the eastern equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Cited by 24 publications

References 77 publications

Food Security and Women Case Study of Mahu Country on Saparua Island

Food Security and Women Case Study of Mahu Country on Saparua Island

Investigation of Microplastics in Surface Water and Estuarine Mullet Mugil cephalus from 23 Estuary Areas, South China

Microplastics in the Volta Lake: Occurrence, distribution, and human health implications

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