‘The Plastic Nile’: First Evidence of Microplastic Contamination in Fish from the Nile River (Cairo, Egypt)

‘The Plastic Nile’: First Evidence of Microplastic Contamination in Fish from the Nile River (Cairo, Egypt)

The presence of microplastics (MPs) in the world&#8217;s longest river, the Nile River, has yet to be reported. This small-scale study aimed to provide the first information about MPs in the Nile River by sampling the digestive tracts of two fish species, the Nile tilapia (<i>Oreochromis n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Farhan R. Khan, Yvonne Shashoua, Alex Crawford, Anna Drury, Kevin Sheppard, Kenneth Stewart, Toby Sculthorp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:Toxics
Subjects:
microplastics
freshwater
africa
ingestion
nile tilapia (<i>oreochromis niloticus</i>)
catfish (<i>bagrus bajad</i>)
fibers
atr-ftir spectroscopy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/8/2/22

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