People who eat shellfish in Kenjeran ingest more microplastics per day than people who eat shellfish in Balekambang, due to differences in how contaminated the shellfish are and how much people eat.
Mechanism
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Shellfish in dirtier water pick up more tiny plastic bits, and people who eat more of those shellfish end up swallowing more plastic. The difference between the two places comes from how polluted the water is and how much shellfish people eat.
Most probable mechanism
People who eat shellfish from more polluted waters end up swallowing more tiny plastic pieces because the shellfish in those areas have more plastic stuck in them. The more shellfish a person eats, the more plastic they take in.
Shellfish filter large volumes of water, accumulating microplastic particles from surrounding aquatic environments.
Microplastic concentration in shellfish tissue is higher in regions with greater environmental pollution.
Human consumption of shellfish leads to direct ingestion of microplastics retained in the edible tissues.
Variations in daily shellfish consumption rates among populations result in differing total microplastic intake.
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