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Hazardous Chemicals in Plastics in Marine Environments: International Pellet Watch

˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry 2018 32 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Rei Yamashita, Kosuke Tanaka, Bee Geok Yeo, Hideshige Takada, J.A. van Franeker, Megan Dalton, Eric Dale

Summary

Plastic pellets collected from beaches worldwide through the International Pellet Watch program contained high concentrations of persistent organic pollutants including PCBs and DDT derivatives sorbed from surrounding seawater, demonstrating that marine plastics act as global concentrators and transporters of hazardous chemicals. This chemical accumulation on microplastics raises concerns about toxin transfer to marine organisms that ingest plastic debris, and ultimately to humans through seafood consumption.

Study Type Environmental

Marine plastic debris, including microplastics <5 mm, contain additives as well as hydrophobic chemicals sorbed from surrounding seawater. A volunteer-based global monitoring programme entitled International Pellet Watch (IPW) is utilizing the sorptive nature...

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