Accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals in tissues of seabirds ingesting marine plastics.

By Kosuke Tanaka, H. Takada, Rei Yamashita, Kaoruko Mizukawa, M. Fukuwaka, Y. Watanuki. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2013

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution

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Microplastics in bivalves cultured for human consumption. (2014, background): “Furthermore, PBDEs present on ingested plastic, but not in natural prey items, were found in the adipose tissues of oceanic sea birds suggesting the transfer of plastic-derived chemicals to wildlife (Tanaka et al., 2013).”
Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals (2015, background): “Similarly, seabirds that ingest relatively high levels of marine plastics accumulate chemicals from those plastics in their body tissues (Tanaka et al. 2013).”
Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures (2018, background): “Based on the abundances observed, it was estimated that Chinese shellfish consumers could be exposed to 100,000 s of microplastics each year [23, 77].”
Threat of plastic pollution to seabirds is global, pervasive, and increasing (2015, background): “In addition to physical effects, high plastic loads are correlated with increased organic pollutant loads in field observations of seabirds (26), with supportive experimental results demonstrating a connection between pollution, concentration of pollutants by plastics, and release into seabird tissu”
The present and future of microplastic pollution in the marine environment. (2014, background): “derived chemicals to the seabird (Tanaka et al., 2013).”
Understanding How Microplastics Affect Marine Biota on the Cellular Level Is Important for Assessing Ecosystem Function: A Review (2019, background): “Other tissues such as muscle tissue and fat (blubber) should be collected and analyzed for the presence of microplastic tracers and further compared to stomach analysis results (Tanaka et al. 2013; Lusher et al. 2015).”