Potential for plastics to transport hydrophobic contaminants.

By Emma L. Teuten, S. Rowland, T. Galloway, Richard C. Thompson. Environmental Science and Technology, 2007

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Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife (2009, methodology): “Distribution coefficients (Kd) were determined for sorption of phenanthrene to these artificially weathered polymers, and tissue concentrations in lugworms were estimated using equilibrium partitioning, as described previously (Teuten et al. 2007).”
Modeling the Role of Microplastics in Bioaccumulation of Organic Chemicals to Marine Aquatic Organisms. A Critical Review (2015, methodology): “…are less than anticipated, but it may imply that the relevance of plastic ingestion as an additional exposure pathway may be less relevant than what has been assumed in the literature (e.g. Teuten et al. 2007, 2009; Hammer et al. 2012; Browne et al. 2013; Chua et al. 2014), at least for POPs.”
Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities. (2017, background): “These same characteristics, in 725 addition to factors including hydrophobicity of polymer, large or abraded surface properties and 726 biofouling, mean that HOCs also have the potential for sorption to plastic materials (Karapanagioti and 727 Klontza, 2008; Teuten et al., 2007).”
Trophic level transfer of microplastic: Mytilus edulis (L.) to Carcinus maenas (L.). (2013, background): “PCBs can transfer from plastic to streaked shearwater chicks (Teuten et al., 2009) and hydrophobic contaminants have been found to be transported to sediment-dwelling organisms via plastic (Teuten et al., 2007).”
High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake. (2014, background): “Furthermore, microplastics are susceptible to contamination by water-borne organic pollutants and to the leaching of potentially toxic plastic additives known as ‘‘plasticizers’’ (Teuten et al., 2007).”
The complex interaction between marine debris and toxic chemicals in the ocean. (2012, background): “44 Nevertheless, PBTs will, over time, sorb to plastic debris.”
Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea (2014, background): “Plastic pollution is globally distributed across all oceans due to its properties of buoyancy and durability, and the sorption of toxicants to plastic while traveling through the environment [1, 2], have led some researchers to claim that synthetic polymers in the ocean should be regarded as hazardo”
The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean. (2010, background): “…of sessile organisms (Minchin, 1996; Barnes, 2002; Gregory, 2009) and are potent carriers of persistent organic pollutants due to their hydro- ll rights reserved. ion, P.O. Box 6, Woods Hole, 57 4673. son). phobic, lipophilic nature (Mato et al., 2001; Teuten et al., 2007; Colabuono et al., 2010).”