Ingested plastics in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A pathway for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure?

Neumann, Svenja; Harju, Mikael; Herzke, Dorte; Anker‐Nilssen, Tycho; Christensen‐Dalsgaard, Signe; Langset, Magdalene; Gabrielsen, Geir Wing

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146313

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“…Instead, BDE--209 and BDE--183 were found in plastic in the stomachs of the three birds. Similar findings have been reported for northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) in Norway (Neumann et al 2021).…”

Section: Environmental Impacts Of Chemical Additives Released From Oceanic Plastic Debrissupporting

confidence: 89%

“…More than 80% of the adverse impacts by debris in the marine environment are associated with plastic waste, as it can impact this environment physically and biochemically (CBD 2012;Hong et al 2018). Plastic waste has also been found in biota from different trophic levels, such as marine invertebrates (Devriese et al 2015;Li et al 2015;Van Cauwenberghe et al 2015), fish (Neves et al 2015;Rummel et al 2016;Markic et al 2018), marine mammals (Nelms et al 2019), seabirds (Provencher et al 2009;Poon et al 2017;Avery--Gomm et al 2018;Tanaka et al 2019;Neumann et al 2021), green turtles (Tourinho et al 2010), seals (Eriksson and Burton 2003;Nelms et al 2018), and penguins (Bessa et al 2019). See also Ryan (2016) for a comprehensive overview.…”

Section: Environmental Impacts Of Chemical Additives Released From Oceanic Plastic Debrismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Subsequently, these chemicals can then be taken up by organisms covering the whole food chain at these remote locations, which may lead to adverse effects with unknown consequences. PBDEs for example were detected in the abdominal adipose tissue and liver of seabirds (Puffinus tenuirostris and Fulmar glacialis) in the North Pacific Ocean and the Svalbard Archipelago, with strong indications that these additives originated from the plastic debris present in the birds' stomachs (Tanaka et al 2013;Neumann et al 2021). However, other anthropogenic sources and transport pathways of some of these chemicals besides plastic particles exist, requiring a careful evaluation of fluxes and fate to identify the chemicals that are dominantly transported by plastic litter to remote regions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Oceanic Long-Range Transport of Organic Additives Present in Plastic Products – An overview

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Plastics are persistent synthetic matrices that contain chemical additives in significant amounts. Millions of tonnes of plastics are produced every year and a significant amount of this plastic enters the marine environment, either as macro- or microplastics. In this article, an overview is given of the presence of marine plastic debris globally and its potential to reach remote locationsin combination with an analysis of the oceanic long-range transport potential of organic additives present in plastic debris. The information gathered shows that leaching of very hydrophobic substances from plastic is slow in the ocean, whereas more polar substances leach faster but mostly from the surface layers of the particle. Their high content used in plastic of several percent by weight allows also these chemicals to be transported over long distances without being completely depleted along the way. It is therefore likely that various types of additives reach remote locations with plastic debris. As a consequence, birds or other wildlife that ingest plastic debris are exposed to these substances, as leaching is accelerated in warm‐blooded organisms and under acidic stomach conditions compared to leaching in water. Our estimates show that approximately 13’500 t of numerous organic additives are transported within buoyant plastic matrices globallywith a significant portion also transported to the Arctic. For many of these chemicals, LRT by plastic as a carrier is their only means of travelling over long distances without degrading, resulting in plastic debris enabling the LRT of chemicals which otherwise would not reach polar environments with unknown consequences. The transport of organic additives via plastic debris is an additional long‐range transport route that should also be acknowledged under the Stockholm Convention.

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Section: Environmental Impacts Of Chemical Additives Released From Oceanic Plastic Debrissupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Environmental Impacts Of Chemical Additives Released From Oceanic Plastic Debrismentioning

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Oceanic Long-Range Transport of Organic Additives Present in Plastic Products – An overview

Rebelo-de-Andrade¹,

Glüge²,

Herzke³

et al. 2021

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“…More than 80% of the adverse impacts by debris in the marine environment are associated with plastic waste, as it can impact this environment physically and biochemically [46,109]. Plastic waste has also been found in biota from different trophic levels, such as marine invertebrates [16,22,66], fish [73,83,101], marine mammals [29,80,81], seabirds [4,82,95,96,119], green turtles [127], and penguins [9]. See also Ryan [102] for a comprehensive overview.…”

Section: Environmental Impacts Of Chemical Additives Released From Oceanic Plastic Debrismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Subsequently, these chemicals can then be taken up by organisms covering the whole food chain at these remote locations, which may lead to adverse effects with unknown consequences. Highly brominated PBDEs, for example, were detected in the abdominal adipose tissue and liver of seabirds (Puffinus tenuirostris and Fulmar glacialis) in the North Pacific Ocean and the Svalbard Archipelago, with strong indications that these additives originated from the plastic debris present in the birds' stomachs [82,120]. However, other anthropogenic sources and transport pathways of some of these chemicals besides plastic particles exist, requiring a careful evaluation of fluxes and fate to identify the chemicals that are dominantly transported by plastic debris to remote regions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Oceanic long-range transport of organic additives present in plastic products: an overview

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Most plastics are made of persistent synthetic polymer matrices that contain chemical additives in significant amounts. Millions of tonnes of plastics are produced every year and a significant amount of this plastic enters the marine environment, either as macro- or microplastics. In this article, an overview is given of the presence of marine plastic debris globally and its potential to reach remote locations in combination with an analysis of the oceanic long-range transport potential of organic additives present in plastic debris. The information gathered shows that leaching of hydrophobic substances from plastic is slow in the ocean, whereas more polar substances leach faster but mostly from the surface layers of the particle. Their high content used in plastic of several percent by weight allows also these chemicals to be transported over long distances without being completely depleted along the way. It is therefore likely that various types of additives reach remote locations with plastic debris. As a consequence, birds or other wildlife that ingest plastic debris are exposed to these substances, as leaching is accelerated in warm-blooded organisms and in hydrophobic fluids such as stomach oil, compared to leaching in water. Our estimates show that approximately 8′100–18′900 t of various organic additives are transported with buoyant plastic matrices globally with a significant portion also transported to the Arctic. For many of these chemicals, long-range transport (LRT) by plastic as a carrier is their only means of travelling over long distances without degrading, resulting in plastic debris enabling the LRT of chemicals which otherwise would not reach polar environments with unknown consequences. The transport of organic additives via plastic debris is an additional long-range transport route that should also be considered under the Stockholm Convention.

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Ingested plastics in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis): A pathway for polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) exposure?

Cited by 34 publications

References 76 publications

Oceanic Long-Range Transport of Organic Additives Present in Plastic Products – An overview

Oceanic Long-Range Transport of Organic Additives Present in Plastic Products – An overview

Oceanic long-range transport of organic additives present in plastic products: an overview

Implications of persistent environmental toxins prevalent in interior building materials and furnishings

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