Plastic resin pellets as a transport medium for toxic chemicals in the marine environment.

By Yukie Mato, T. Isobe, H. Takada, H. Kanehiro, C. Ohtake, T. Kaminuma. Environmental Science and Technology, 2001

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution

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Airborne microplastics: Consequences to human health? (2018, neutral): “Nonetheless, atmospheric exposure of virgin polypropylene pellets for 6 days did not result in significant adsorption, indicating that adsorption of atmospheric POPs may be limited (Mato et al., 2001).”
Modeling marine surface microplastic transport to assess optimal removal locations (2016, background): “There are also associated environmental costs with extracting plastic closer to shore, where the plastic has less time to absorb toxic pollutants like PCBs andDDTs (Mato et al 2001).”
Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: a review. (2011, background): “Another notable source of plastic debris stems from the manufacture of plastic products that use granules and small resin pellets, known as ‘nibs’, as their raw material (Ivar do Sul et al., 2009; Mato et al., 2001; Pruter, 1987).”
Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: a rapidly increasing, long-term threat. (2008, background): “(5) Plastic resin pellets and fragments of plastic broken from larger objects are sources and sinks for xenoestrogens and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in marine and aquatic environments (Moore et al., 2005a; Mato et al., 2001; Rios et al., 2007), and can be readily ingested by invertebrates ”
The conservation status and priorities for albatrosses and large petrels (2016, background): “In addition, global emissions of mercury are predicted to increase, and although levels of some legacy (cf. emerging) persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are declining, there remains a high risk fromnew and emerging organic contaminants (Riget et al., 2010; Streets et al., 2009).”
Microplastics in the surface sediments from the Beijiang River littoral zone: Composition, abundance, surface textures and interaction with heavy metals. (2017, background): “, 2012), increasing their concentration even up to the order of 106 (Mato et al., 2001).”
Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2013, background): “concern about subsequent adverse effects (Mato et al., 2001; Teuten et al., 2009).”
Presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in food, with particular focus on seafood (2016, positive): “Plastic can concentrate contaminants up to the order of 10 6 (Mato et al., 2001), thereby acting as a potential source and vector for these chemicals.”
New techniques for the detection of microplastics in sediments and field collected organisms. (2013, background): “…trials (Browne et al., 2008), the presence of microplastics in the environment still raises toxicity concerns, since plastics are known to contain and/or adsorb high concentrations of organic contaminants (Hirai et al., 2011; Mato et al., 2001; Rios et al., 2007; Teuten et al., 2007, 2009).”
Direct and indirect effects of microplastics on bivalves, with a focus on edible species: A mini-review (2019, background): “Microplastics have a high surface area to volume ratio; they can accommodate six times more pollutants on the surface than the surrounding seawater (Mato et al., 2001).”
Microplastics in fisheries and aquaculture (2017, background): “, 2009) with amount of sorbed contaminants varying by geographic origin and by polymer type (Endo et al., 2005; Mato et al., 2001).”