Occurrence and effects of plastic additives on marine environments and organisms: A review
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Date | 2017-09 | ||||||||||||
Language | English | ||||||||||||
Author(s) | Hermabessiere Ludovic1, Dehaut Alexandre1, Paul-Pont Ika2, Lacroix Camille3, Jezequel Ronan3, Soudant Philippe2, Duflos Guillaume1 | ||||||||||||
Affiliation(s) | 1 : Anses, Lab Securite Aliments, Blvd Bassin Napoleon, F-62200 Boulogne Sur Mer, France. 2 : Inst Univ Europeen Mer, Lab Sci Environm Marin LEMAR, UBO CNRS IRD IFREMER UMR6539, Technopole Brest Iroise,Rue Dumont dUryille, F-29280 Plouzane, France. 3 : CEDRE, 715 Rue Alain Colas, F-29218 Brest 2, France. |
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Source | Chemosphere (0045-6535) (Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd), 2017-09 , Vol. 182 , P. 781-793 | ||||||||||||
DOI | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.096 | ||||||||||||
WOS© Times Cited | 630 | ||||||||||||
Keyword(s) | Microplastics, Plastic additives, Bisphenol A, Phthalates, Brominated flame retardant | ||||||||||||
Abstract | 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 poly-brominated 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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