PMID- 17532349
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080919
LR  - 20070730
IS  - 0025-326X (Print)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 54
IP  - 8
DP  - 2007 Aug
TI  - Persistent organic pollutants carried by synthetic polymers in the ocean 
      environment.
PG  - 1230-7
AB  - Thermoplastic resin pellets are melted and formed into an enormous number of 
      inexpensive consumer goods, many of which are discarded after a relatively short 
      period of use, dropped haphazardly onto watersheds and then make their way to the 
      ocean where some get ingested by marine life. In 2003 and 2004 pre-production 
      thermoplastic resin pellets and post-consumer plastic fragments were collected 
      and analyzed for contamination for persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Samples 
      were taken from the North Pacific Gyre, and selected sites in California, Hawaii, 
      and from Guadalupe Island, Mexico. The total concentration of PCBs ranged from 27 
      to 980 ng/g; DDTs from 22 to 7100 ng/g and PAHs from 39 to 1200 ng/g, and 
      aliphatic hydrocarbons from 1.1 to 8600 microg/g. Analytical methods were 
      developed to extract, concentrate and identify POPs that may have accumulated on 
      plastic fragments and plastic pellets. The results of this study confirm that 
      plastic debris is a trap for POPs.
FAU - Rios, Lorena M
AU  - Rios LM
AD  - University of the Pacific, 3601 Pacific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211, USA. 
      Irios@pacific.edu
FAU - Moore, Charles
AU  - Moore C
FAU - Jones, Patrick R
AU  - Jones PR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070529
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Bathing Beaches
MH  - *Environment
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Hydrocarbons/analysis
MH  - Industry
MH  - Pacific Ocean
MH  - Plastics/*chemistry
MH  - Water Pollutants/*analysis
EDAT- 2007/05/29 09:00
MHDA- 2008/09/20 09:00
CRDT- 2007/05/29 09:00
PHST- 2006/11/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/03/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/03/30 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/05/29 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/09/20 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/05/29 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0025-326X(07)00132-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.03.022 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2007 Aug;54(8):1230-7. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.03.022. 
      Epub 2007 May 29.