UNP PKM-RE Team Analyzes Microplastic Contamination In Consumption Fish In Padang City

Padang – The Student Creativity Program for Excakta Research (PKM-RE) team conducted an analysis of microplastic contamination in consumed fish as an effort to prevent oxidative stress in Padang City.

Understanding the abundance of microplastics in consumed fish is very important to prevent the negative impact of microplastics on human health. 

This research was conducted by the PKM-RE team of the Department of Biology, FMIPA, led by Nabila Sulaeman with team members Pricilia Dinda Sawitri, Syifa Dwi Rahma, Annisa Putri Anggraini, and Husnul Khotimah.

This research is useful as a useful source of information to improve efforts to prevent pollution of water in Padang City. Microplastic analysis is important because microplastics are one of the materials that have the potential to cause health problems that can increase the risk of cancer, oxidative stress, digestive problems and so on.

The results of the research conducted found microplastic contamination in fish in the muscles, gills, and digestive tract with various shapes and sizes.

“Fighting Against Microplastic Pollution”