Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuary
The current knowledge regarding the presence of microplastics (MPs) in the digestive tracts of fish, particularly the non-edible parts, provides limited assistance in assessing the risk to human health and establishing guideline values for policy-making purposes. Therefore, we conducted the first in...
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| author | M. Belal Hossain M. Belal Hossain Farjana Haque Pingki Md. Abdus Samad Azad As-Ad Ujjaman Nur Partho Banik Pallab Kumer Sarker Bilal Ahamad Paray Takaomi Arai Jimmy Yu |
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| description | The current knowledge regarding the presence of microplastics (MPs) in the digestive tracts of fish, particularly the non-edible parts, provides limited assistance in assessing the risk to human health and establishing guideline values for policy-making purposes. Therefore, we conducted the first investigation into MPs within the commercially significant catfish species S. silondia, form a major tropical estuary assessing their accumulation, characteristics, and associated risks in various tissues, particularly the consumable muscle. A sum of 132 MPs were identified, and the mean abundance of MPs were 7.40 ± 4.12 item/DT, 3.20 ± 1.69 item/gill and 2.60 ± 1.65 item/muscle found in digestive tract (DT), gill and muscle of the fish, respectively. The strong relationships of MPs among three different tissues (y = 0.6069x - 22.69, R2 = 0.7589) indicated the pathways and how MPs were influenced by the physiology of organisms. The prevalence of MPs in fish muscle demonstrated their trophic transmission to humans. Moreover, fishes with higher weight had higher MPs in their gill, and DT. The dominant type, color and size of MPs were fibrous (89.67%), violet (41%) and < 0.5 mm sized (94%), respectively. The high percentage of fibers suggests that they might have come from ropes, fishing nets or sewage. FTIR chemical composition analyses of microplastics (MPs) identified three primary polymer types: PET (44.5%), PE (33.3%), and PP (22.2%) in fish. These polymers are commonly associated with packaging materials, household wastes and plastic pipes. Contamination level assessment by CF (CF = 2.76) and PLI (PLI > 1) indicated moderately to highly contaminated fish with MPs ingestion. While the complete understanding of the direct negative effects of microplastics (MPs) on human health remains elusive, their presence in estuarine fish raises concerns for both human and ecosystem health. The findings will be useful for assessing the hazards to human health from exposure to MPs and for creating effective risk management plans to reduce those risks. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0498b2077b694c08aae8fbd13cb4ff782024-03-08T04:15:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2024-03-01810.3389/fsufs.2024.13720591372059Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuaryM. Belal Hossain0M. Belal Hossain1Farjana Haque Pingki2Md. Abdus Samad Azad3As-Ad Ujjaman Nur4Partho Banik5Pallab Kumer Sarker6Bilal Ahamad Paray7Takaomi Arai8Jimmy Yu9School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaDepartment of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, BangladeshDepartment of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, BangladeshDepartment of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, BangladeshDepartment of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, BangladeshDepartment of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, BangladeshEnvironmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United StatesDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaEnvironmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Gadong, Brunei DarussalamSchool of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaThe current knowledge regarding the presence of microplastics (MPs) in the digestive tracts of fish, particularly the non-edible parts, provides limited assistance in assessing the risk to human health and establishing guideline values for policy-making purposes. Therefore, we conducted the first investigation into MPs within the commercially significant catfish species S. silondia, form a major tropical estuary assessing their accumulation, characteristics, and associated risks in various tissues, particularly the consumable muscle. A sum of 132 MPs were identified, and the mean abundance of MPs were 7.40 ± 4.12 item/DT, 3.20 ± 1.69 item/gill and 2.60 ± 1.65 item/muscle found in digestive tract (DT), gill and muscle of the fish, respectively. The strong relationships of MPs among three different tissues (y = 0.6069x - 22.69, R2 = 0.7589) indicated the pathways and how MPs were influenced by the physiology of organisms. The prevalence of MPs in fish muscle demonstrated their trophic transmission to humans. Moreover, fishes with higher weight had higher MPs in their gill, and DT. The dominant type, color and size of MPs were fibrous (89.67%), violet (41%) and < 0.5 mm sized (94%), respectively. The high percentage of fibers suggests that they might have come from ropes, fishing nets or sewage. FTIR chemical composition analyses of microplastics (MPs) identified three primary polymer types: PET (44.5%), PE (33.3%), and PP (22.2%) in fish. These polymers are commonly associated with packaging materials, household wastes and plastic pipes. Contamination level assessment by CF (CF = 2.76) and PLI (PLI > 1) indicated moderately to highly contaminated fish with MPs ingestion. While the complete understanding of the direct negative effects of microplastics (MPs) on human health remains elusive, their presence in estuarine fish raises concerns for both human and ecosystem health. The findings will be useful for assessing the hazards to human health from exposure to MPs and for creating effective risk management plans to reduce those risks.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1372059/fullmicroplasticsestuarine catfishhuman healthrisk assessmentMeghna estuary |
| spellingShingle | M. Belal Hossain M. Belal Hossain Farjana Haque Pingki Md. Abdus Samad Azad As-Ad Ujjaman Nur Partho Banik Pallab Kumer Sarker Bilal Ahamad Paray Takaomi Arai Jimmy Yu Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuary Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems microplastics estuarine catfish human health risk assessment Meghna estuary |
| title | Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuary |
| title_full | Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuary |
| title_fullStr | Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuary |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuary |
| title_short | Accumulation, tissue distribution, health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish, Silonia silondia from a tropical large-scale estuary |
| title_sort | accumulation tissue distribution health hazard of microplastics in a commercially important cat fish silonia silondia from a tropical large scale estuary |
| topic | microplastics estuarine catfish human health risk assessment Meghna estuary |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1372059/full |
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