Sütlerde Mikroplastik Varlığının Araştırılması


Tezin Türü: Doktora

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa, Veteriner Fakültesi, Besin Gıda Hijyeni ve Teknolojisi Bölümü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2022

Tezin Dili: Türkçe

Öğrenci: Sanae Rbaibi ZIPAK

Danışman: Serkan Kemal Büyükünal

Özet:

Aim: The aim of this thesis is to investigate the presence and the possible sources of microplastics (MP) in raw milk.

Method: The samples were collected from Marmara Region to represent raw milk of cow, buffalo, sheep and goat species. In the research, 131 milk samples from Balıkesir, 23 from Bilecik, 66 from Bursa, 70 from Çanakkale, 59 from Edirne, 36 from Istanbul, 49 from Kırklareli, 33 from Kocaeli, 49 from Sakarya, 52 from Tekirdağ, and 20 milk samples were taken from Yalova. The samples were digested artificially with an enzymatic detergent. Then filtration was carried out at a pressure of approximately 0.5 bar using a 1 μm pore size glass filter with a vacuum pump. The filter papers were examined using a binocular biological microscope attached to a 4x magnification camera. SEM-EDS was used for morphological characterization and elemental analysis. FTIR was used for the determination of polymer type. Microparticles were photographed using Cameram Software 1.3.0.8 (Mikrosistem, Turkey). Particles were classified according to their color and shape and their sizes were measured using IC Measure (The Imaging Source®, 2.0.0.286, Germany).

Results: Microplastic was detected in 89.29% of the entire milk samples. Of these microplastics, 77.36% ethylenepropylene (EP), 18.82% polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), 1.49% polyacrylamide (PAM), 1.01% chloroprene (CR), 0.81% was polyaramid (PARA), 0.35% was ethylacrylate (EA) and 0.17% was hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR). 52.40% of MP particles had fiber, 21.20% film, 12.22% fragment and 14.19% sphere form. 20.08% black, 18.69% blue, 0.1% bluish green, 5.62% brown, 0.04% brownish red, 4.92% green, 2.69% gray, 0.48% of MP particles orange color, 5.85% pink, 11.21% purple, 24.15% red, 5.25% transparent and 0.91% yellow. Sizes of MP species in the sample: 0.06% between 10-20 μm, 32.03% between 20-150 μm, 23.88% between 150-500 μm, 14.70% between 500-1000 μm, 29.32% 1000 -5000 μm.

Results: Microplastics were found to be common in raw milk samples from sheep, goats, buffaloes and cows in the Marmara Region.