Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria e Produzioni Animali (MVPA), Università Federico II di Napoli, Via F. Delpino, 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente (DiSVA), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.
J Agric Food Chem. 2020 May 13;68(19):5296-5301. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c01209. Epub 2020 Apr 30.
The occurrence of microplastics in the marine ecosystem and aquatic organisms, their trophic transfer along the food web, and the identification of seafood species as suitable indicators have become a research priority. Despite the high quantity of research in this field, a comparison between the available data and an appropriate risk assessment remains difficult. In this perspective, as an innovative approach, the association of the feeding strategies of commercial seafood and the microplastic level was considered. Further research to assess the occurrence of microplastics in the marine food web, the long-term effects on animals and humans, and the health implications is needed.
海洋生态系统和水生生物中微塑料的出现、它们沿着食物网的营养转移,以及将海鲜物种鉴定为合适的指示物,已成为研究重点。尽管该领域的研究数量众多,但要对现有数据进行比较并进行适当的风险评估仍然很困难。在这方面,作为一种创新方法,考虑了商业海鲜的摄食策略与微塑料水平之间的关联。需要进一步研究来评估海洋食物网中微塑料的出现、对动物和人类的长期影响以及对健康的影响。