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Baseline survey of micro and mesoplastics in the gastro-intestinal tract of commercial fish from Southeast coast of the Bay of Bengal by Karuppasamy, P.K.; Ravi, Aditya; Vasudevan, Logeshwaran; Elangovan, Mahesh Prabu; Dyana Mary, P.; Vincent, Salom G.T.; Palanisami, Thava is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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Plastics pollution is ubiquitous. Microplastics (<5 mm in diameter) and mesoplastics (5-20 mm in diameter) are emerging as the most common plastic particulates found in the marine environment. In this study, the occurrence of microplastics and mesoplastics in the gastrointestinal tract (GI) of some commercially important fish collected from Chennai and Nagapattinam of Tamil Nadu, Southeast coast of Bay of Bengal was assessed. A new and improved alkaline digestion method, using alcoholic potassium hydroxide (KOH) was carried out to destroy the organic matter. Following this method, twenty plastic particulates were isolated from the GI tract of 17 individual fish. Fourier Transform Infrared Radiation analysis (FTIR) showed that polymers found in GI tracts were of Polyethylene, Polyamide and Polyester types. Given the dry fish is India's biggest market and popular delicacy, the presence of microplastics in the fish gut is a potential serious human health concern, as they are directly consumed.
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- Author
- Karuppasamy, P.K.; Ravi, Aditya; Vasudevan, Logeshwaran; Elangovan, Mahesh Prabu; Dyana Mary, P.; Vincent, Salom G.T.; Palanisami, Thava
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0025-326X)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)