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Occurrence and Exposure Analysis of Microplastic in the Gut and Muscle Tissue of Riverine Fish in Kermanshah Province of Iran Publisher Pubmed



Makhdoumi P1 ; Hossini H2 ; Nazmara Z3 ; Mansouri K4 ; Pirsaheb M2
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  1. 1. Students Research Committee, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Medical Biology Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical sciences, Kermanhah, Iran

Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin Published:2021


Abstract

This study aimed to determine the presence of MPs in the gut and muscle tissue of riverine fish collected from the Qarasu River, Kermanshah, Iran. The results highlighted that MPs were found in the gut and muscle of all fish species at an average abundance of 8.12 ± 4.26 P/individual and 0.85 ± 0.38 P/g muscles, respectively. High amounts of MPs were found in the range of 1-25 μm in terms of size distribution. The properties of MPs extracted indicated that PE, PP, PS, and PA in the monotype of fiber and fragment were the most abundant plastic types and shapes found. Additionally, EAI was calculated for MPs found in the muscle. So, 174.43 and 127.19 P/kg/bw/year (1.28 and 0.93 g/kg/bw/year), were intake by two groups of adults and children, respectively. These findings highlight the contamination of fish as a common source of marine food in home consumption and the probability of entrance into the human diet. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd