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Microplastics in Food: A Review on Analytical Methods and Challenges

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Kwon, Jung-Hwan, Kim, Jin-Woo, Pham, Thanh Dat, Tarafdar, Abhrajyoti, Hong, Soonki, Chun, Sa-Ho, Lee, Sang-Hwa, Kang, Da-Young, Kim, Ju-Yang, Kim, Su-Bin, Jung, Jaehak·2020·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

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Human exposure to microplastics contained in food has become a significant concern owing to the increasing accumulation of microplastics in the environment. In this paper, we summarize the presence of microplastics in food and the analytical methods used for isolation and identification of microplastics. Although a large number of studies on seafood such as fish and shellfish exist, estimating the overall human exposure to microplastics via food consumption is difficult owing to the lack of studies on other food items. Analytical methods still need to be optimized for appropriate recovery of microplastics in various food matrices, rendering a quantitative comparison of different studies challenging. In addition, microplastics could be added or removed from ingredients during processing or cooking. Thus, research on processed food is crucial to estimate the contribution of food to overall human microplastic consumption and to mitigate this exposure in the future.

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Figure 1 Fractions of plastic materials identified in seafood and salt. Data from References [11,14,15,21,24,29,30,34,39,40,45,47,48,50,51,52,62,71,74,75,76,77,78,80,81,86,90,91,95,96,98,99]. (PE: polyethylene, PP: polypropylene, PS: polystyrene, PET: polyethylene terephthalate, PA: polyacrylate).CC BY · PubMed Central

Figure 2 Boxplot of microplastic fibers including filaments in different food items representing 5, 25, 50, 75, and 95 percentile values. Filled circles indicate outliers. Data from References [14,23,24,25,29,30,31,32,38,39,40,45,47,48,50,52,62,68,71,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,85,86,87,88,89,90,91,94,95,96,97,98,99].CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors: Kwon, J.-H., Kim, J.-W., Pham, T. D., Tarafdar, A., Hong, S., Chun, S.-H., Lee, S.-H., Kang, D.-Y., Kim, J.-Y., Kim, S.-B., & Jung, J.
Affiliations: Korea University (KR)
Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
FITI Testing & Research Institute, Cheongju 28116, Korea
Korea Institute of Analytical Science and Technology, Seoul 04790, Korea
Corresponding author: Kwon, Jung-Hwan
ORCID: Kwon, Jung-Hwan
Kim, Jin-Woo
Pham, Thanh Dat
Tarafdar, Abhrajyoti
Chun, Sa-Ho
Jung, Jaehak
Venue: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Publisher: MDPI AG
Published: 2020-09-15
Volume: 17
Issue: 18
Pages: 6710
ISSN: 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17186710
PMC: PMC7559051
OpenAlex: W3084664411
Cited by: 308
References: 140
Citations by year: 2026: 49 · 2025: 67 · 2024: 97 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 1
FWCI: 1.06
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
doi.org
Licence: cc-by
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor)
Locations: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (20162MFDS029)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Analytical chemistry methods development
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Keywords: microplastics, food contamination, human exposure, seafood, analytical methods, food processing, cooking, processed foods
MeSH terms: Microplastics, Animals, Environmental Monitoring, Humans, Plastics, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Seafood

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