Study of Chemical Pollutants over Marine Microplastics Based on Their Composition and Degradation Rate

Bárbara Abaroa-Pérez; Daura Vega-Moreno; José Joaquín Hernández Brito

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-45909-3_7

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Study of Chemical Pollutants over Marine Microplastics Based on Their Composition and Degradation Rate

Springer water 2020

Bárbara Abaroa-Pérez, Daura Vega-Moreno, José Joaquín Hernández Brito

Summary

Researchers examined how marine microplastics adsorb persistent organic pollutants — including PAHs, pesticides, and PCBs — finding that plastic composition and degradation state significantly influence how much chemical contamination these particles carry, which matters because marine organisms may ingest both the plastic and its toxic hitchhikers.

Over marine microplastics they are adsorbed large amount of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), mainly polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) [1, 2].

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