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Assessing Impact of Microplastics on Aquatic Food System and Human Health

Mahmudul Hasan Mithun
,
Auditi kar
,
Atiqur Rahman Sunny
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Masum Billah
,
Sharif Ahmed Sazzad
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Sadeques Salehin
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Al Maksud Foysal
,
Nusrat Jahan
,
Koushikur Rahman
,
Abdulla Al Shiam
,
Redoyan Chowdhury
,
Jubayer Arafat
,
Abdul Baten
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Version 1 : Received: 10 November 2023 / Approved: 16 November 2023 / Online: 17 November 2023 (02:27:47 CET)

How to cite: Mithun, M.H.; kar, A.; Sunny, A.R.; Billah, M.; Sazzad, S.A.; Salehin, S.; Foysal, A.M.; Jahan, N.; Rahman, K.; Shiam, A.A.; Chowdhury, R.; Arafat, J.; Baten, A. Assessing Impact of Microplastics on Aquatic Food System and Human Health. Preprints 2023, 2023111092. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1092.v1 Mithun, M.H.; kar, A.; Sunny, A.R.; Billah, M.; Sazzad, S.A.; Salehin, S.; Foysal, A.M.; Jahan, N.; Rahman, K.; Shiam, A.A.; Chowdhury, R.; Arafat, J.; Baten, A. Assessing Impact of Microplastics on Aquatic Food System and Human Health. Preprints 2023, 2023111092. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202311.1092.v1

Abstract

Micro-plastics (MPs) become significantly important to society since their commercial manufacture began in the 1950s because of their low production costs, stability, light weight, and adaptability. Plastic was produced in 400 million tons worldwide in 2020, compared to 1.5 million tons just 60 years earlier. Scientists predict that by 2050, plastic production would increase to 33 billion tons. MPs are a rising scientific and societal issue in the environment as a new type of contaminant that is widely disseminated in aquatic ecosystems and organisms. Aquatic species that come into contact with MPs for an extended period of time experience ecotoxicity, which includes oxidative stress, genotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and reproductive issues. In aquatic environments, MPs not only transport chemicals within animals but also serve as mediators for chemicals or other contaminants. As a result of co-exposure of MPs and chemical contaminants, various toxicity incidences involving aquatic organisms have been reported. The final exposure of MPs occurs in humans through biomagnification of aquatic edible products. This study presents an important overview of the literature on MP ingestion by aquatic biota. It covers topics such as the present scenario of plastic pollution worldwide, the pathways that MPs take to reach humans and aquatic species, the eco-toxicological impacts of MPs on aquatic species, the relation between MPs and other environmental pollution and the ensuing effects on aquatic organisms, and the MP pollution status in Bangladesh.

Keywords

Micro-plastics; routes of MPs; eco-toxicology; aquatic organisms; human exposure

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Aquatic Science

Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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