Table 6. Distribution % of different microplastics sizes in processed seafood products
Subclassification of types | Size (μm) |
45-100 | 100-200 | 200-500 | 500-1,000 | 1,000-5,000 |
Canned seafood | 5.5±6.61) | 39.5±20.1 | 31.4±16.5 | 14.2±21.7 | 4.1±6.4 |
Salted seafood | 14.7±9.1 | 32.3±10.1 | 31.7±12.0 | 13.8±5.7 | 7.4±6.2 |
Boil-cooked seafood | 39.3±19.6 | 30.1±16.7 | 20.4±20.7 | 8.3±10.0 | 1.8±5.1 |
Sauces | 10.1±6.7 | 44.0±24.3 | 39.5±29.2 | 5.9±5.9 | 0.6±1.6 |
Liquid salted seafood | 28.4±4.9 | 32.3±27.1 | 34.3±22.6 | 5.0±10.0 | 0.0±0.0 |
Data are expressed as mean±SD.