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. 2023 Mar 21;89(1):23. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4056

Table 3.2.

Estimates of microplastics consumption (annual particle intake per capita) from seafood versus other sources. Numbers represent average or ranges of annual intake (particle numbers) per capita. For additional discussion of human exposure, see (Ramsperger et al., 2022) [1198] and (Lusher and Covernton, 2022) [790].


(DANOPOULOS ET AL., 2020) [786] (CATARINO ET AL., 2018) [802] (VAN CAUWENBERGHE AND JANSSEN, 2014) [767] (HANTORO ET AL., 2019) [784] (BARBOZA ET AL., 2020) [785] (COX ET AL., 2019) [783] (DOMENECH AND MARCOS, 2021) [788] (ZHANG ET AL., 2020) [1562]

mollusks 2,067(0–27,825) 123–4,620 1,800–11,000 500–32,750

Crustaceans 206–17,716 322–19,511

Shellfish 0–1.3 × 104

Fish 31–8,323 25–32,375 112–3,078

Total seafood 17,448 22,000

Fruits & vegetables 19 × 109

Bottled water 15,156 2.61 × 103–3.96 × 1010

Tap water 3,358 0–4.7 × 103

Total water 0–2.8 × 1010

Salt 86 261 0–7.3 × 104

Alcohol 294 26

Honey 73

Sugar 8,319

Dust ingestion 100–1.9 × 104

Air (inhaled) 46,501 2,160

Indoor air 1.9 × 103–1 × 105

Outdoor air 0–3 × 107