Widespread contamination by microplastic in Brazil

This is not concrete evidence of contamination, but experts in the field believe that microplastics are widespread in the oceans.

Explosives such as 500 ml liquid bottles are also available in plastics chosen by the industry for their flexibility, durability, and low manufacturing costs.

Over the years, bullets carried to land by the sea, wind, and waves, by ultraviolet rays, and ocean currents have reached 100 mm.

However, little investigation has been done on pollutant levels and their effects on the environment, aquatic life, and human health.

In Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest producer of plastic, producing 12 million tons per year, two large-scale studies will examine the regions.

Ultimately, they will assess pollution loads and, finally, evaluate the Atlantic Ocean.

The Micromar project, led by Professor Giller Malafaya of the Federal Institute of Guyana, involves researchers from various state and central universities. It has traveled over 7,500 kilometers of coastline and collected sand and seawater samples over a year and a half.

With thousands of specialists covering 1,212 beaches in 211 communities, Micromar revealed the highest plastic pollution in the country.

Food Safety and Contamination

The Ocean Voices Project, which focuses on food safety and a 70-day campaign, inspected companies in Brazil and offshore in July and found microplastics in marine life consumed by humans.

The project is a result of collaboration between the Schurman family (the first Brazilian family to travel the world), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and the University of São Paulo (USP).

Seafood like oysters and mussels can be found in 17 cities across 15 countries, from Seven Boys to Itajaí and Santa Catarina, from Bellamy to Pará.

These shells are called bivalves and are considered excellent biological indicators of ocean conditions because they retain life and release organic matter into the water.

In addition to consuming edible microplastics, mussels are a unique biomarker of food chain pollution because the plankton found beneath their skin is part of their diet.

Near the bottom and reservoirs (lower and upper zone).

As such, it is used only in food packaging and the petroleum and gas industry.

Polyethylene is the most widely used plastic in the world, with 10.39 million tons produced annually.

The construction of a laboratory for access and control of microplastics, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment capable of detecting particles smaller than cells.

Source of information: brasil.mongabay.com

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