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Occurrence and effects of plastic additives on marine environments and organisms: A review

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Camille Lacroix, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Guillaume Duflos, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Camille Lacroix, Camille Lacroix, Philippe Soudant, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ika Paul-Pont Camille Lacroix, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Camille Lacroix, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Camille Lacroix, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Camille Lacroix, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ika Paul-Pont Ludovic Hermabessière, Guillaume Duflos, Camille Lacroix, Ludovic Hermabessière, Guillaume Duflos, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Ronan Jézéquel, Guillaume Duflos, Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Camille Lacroix, Philippe Soudant, Ludovic Hermabessière, Guillaume Duflos, Ludovic Hermabessière, Guillaume Duflos, Ronan Jézéquel, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Alexandre Dehaut, Philippe Soudant, Ludovic Hermabessière, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ronan Jézéquel, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ronan Jézéquel, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Philippe Soudant, Alexandre Dehaut, Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Guillaume Duflos, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Alexandre Dehaut, Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Alexandre Dehaut, Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Ronan Jézéquel, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Alexandre Dehaut, Alexandre Dehaut, Ronan Jézéquel, Alexandre Dehaut, Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Alexandre Dehaut, Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Alexandre Dehaut, Guillaume Duflos, Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Camille Lacroix, Guillaume Duflos, Camille Lacroix, Ika Paul-Pont Ronan Jézéquel, Philippe Soudant, Ronan Jézéquel, Philippe Soudant, Alexandre Dehaut, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Ika Paul-Pont Alexandre Dehaut, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Ika Paul-Pont Ika Paul-Pont Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ika Paul-Pont Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Guillaume Duflos, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Philippe Soudant, Guillaume Duflos, Ika Paul-Pont Philippe Soudant, Ludovic Hermabessière, Ika Paul-Pont

Summary

This review examines chemical additives found in plastics, such as flame retardants, phthalates, and bisphenol A, and how they leach into the marine environment as plastics accumulate and fragment. Researchers summarize evidence showing that these additives have been detected in marine water, sediment, and organisms, and can transfer from ingested plastic into animal tissues. The findings highlight that the chemical risk from plastic additives deserves as much attention as the physical impacts of microplastic particles themselves.

Plastics debris, especially microplastics, have been found worldwide in all marine compartments. Much research has been carried out on adsorbed pollutants on plastic pieces and hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) associated with microplastics. However, only a few studies have focused on plastic additives. These chemicals are incorporated into plastics from which they can leach out as most of them are not chemically bound. As a consequence of plastic accumulation and fragmentation in oceans, plastic additives could represent an increasing ecotoxicological risk for marine organisms. The present work reviewed the main class of plastic additives identified in the literature, their occurrence in the marine environment, as well as their effects on and transfers to marine organisms. This work identified polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), phthalates, nonylphenols (NP), bisphenol A (BPA) and antioxidants as the most common plastic additives found in marine environments. Moreover, transfer of these plastic additives to marine organisms has been demonstrated both in laboratory and field studies. Upcoming research focusing on the toxicity of microplastics should include these plastic additives as potential hazards for marine organisms, and a greater focus on the transport and fate of plastic additives is now required considering that these chemicals may easily leach out from plastics.

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