The complex issue of chemicals and microplastic pollution: A case study in North Pacific lanternfish

Gassel, Margy; Rochman, Chelsea M.

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2019.03.002

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“…However, as discussed by Hartmann et al [93], it is likely that the actual occurrence of MPs in the environment is underestimated due to current technical limitations of the sampling methods and that MPs are not evenly distributed in the environment. In addition, it seems that the ability to act as vector depends on both chemicals and MPs polymer [94,95]. Therefore it is likely that, at least in some cases, MPs may act as actual vectors for organic pollutants.…”

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Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

Cormier

Bihanic

Cabar

et al. 2021

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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confidence: 99%

Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

Cormier

Bihanic

Cabar

et al. 2021

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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“…In this work, the authors also found that lower chlorinated PCB congeners (mono to tetra) were significantly higher in lantern fish in the gyre and positively correlated with plastic density. Their results demonstrated that MPs could be a source of exposure to lower chlorinated PCBs [117]. Tanaka et al also concluded that MPs found in oceanic seabirds (short-tailed shearwaters, Puffinus tenuirostris) stomachs might be the cause of higher PDBEs bioaccumulation in their abdominal adipose tissue [118].…”

Section: Scenario 3: Contaminated Biota Ingests Contaminated Plasticsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects

Menéndez-Pedriza

Jaumot

2020

Toxics

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Microplastics have become one of the leading environmental threats due to their persistence, ubiquity and intrinsic toxic potential. The potential harm that microplastics impose on ecosystems varies from direct effects (i.e., entanglement and ingestion) to their ability to sorb a diversity of environmental pollutants (e.g., heavy metals, persistent organic compounds or pharmaceuticals). Therefore, the toxicological assessment of the combined effects of microplastics and sorbed pollutants can produce in biota is one of the hottest topics on the environmental toxicology field. This review aims to clarify the main impacts that this interaction could have on ecosystems by (1) highlighting the principal factors that influence the microplastics sorption capacities; (2) discussing the potential scenarios in which microplastics may have an essential role on the bioaccumulation and transfer of chemicals; and (3) reviewing the recently published studies describing toxicological effects caused by the combination of microplastics and their sorbed chemicals. Finally, a discussion regarding the need for a new generation of toxicological studies is presented.

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“…Moreover, it has been well documented in the relevant bibliography that various organic and inorganic compounds such as PCBs and PAHs, which are among the most reported adsorbates found in MPs [79], as well as pharmaceuticals [80,81], pesticides [26,82], heavy metals [83] and other contaminants, are widely present in the sea environment [84]. The affinity of coexisting pollutants towards MPs and NPs is dependent on several different parameters, such as the type of both pollutant and polymer, the size of plastic pieces (MPs or NPs), the type and energy of chemical intermolecular forces of interaction (van der Waals, hydrogen bonding, π-π interaction, etc.…”

Section: Microplastics Nanoplastics and Plastic-derived Chemicalsmentioning

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Potential Effects of Persistent Organic Contaminants on Marine Biota: A Review on Recent Research

Vagi

Petsas

Kostopoulou

2021

Water

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Synthetic organic compounds belonging to different chemical classes and possessing diverse physicochemical properties are frequently present in marine environments. Microplastics, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are contained in the list of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that have been detected in the global marine system. Numerous ecotoxicological studies have revealed the direct and indirect effects of anthropogenic toxicants on marine biota. The present review presents the research that has been conducted during the period from 1 January 2016 to 30 June2021 concerning the lethal and sub-lethal impacts of selected organic-synthetic stressors on different plant and animal marine species, and summarizes the observed or predicted individual and combined effects after exposure to chemical mixtures of such contaminants. Future research needs dependent on the knowledge gaps that remain in the bibliography are also highlighted.

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The complex issue of chemicals and microplastic pollution: A case study in North Pacific lanternfish

Cited by 59 publications

References 50 publications

Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

Interaction of Environmental Pollutants with Microplastics: A Critical Review of Sorption Factors, Bioaccumulation and Ecotoxicological Effects

Potential Effects of Persistent Organic Contaminants on Marine Biota: A Review on Recent Research

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