PMID- 20800853
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110114
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 60
IP  - 11
DP  - 2010 Nov
TI  - Organic pollutants in microplastics from two beaches of the Portuguese coast.
PG  - 1988-92
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.030 [doi]
AB  - Microplastics pose a threat to coastal environments due to their capacity to 
      adsorb persistent organic pollutants (POPs). These particles (less than 5 mm in 
      size) are potentially dangerous to marine species due to magnification risk over 
      the food chain. Samples were collected from two Portuguese beaches and sorted in 
      four classes to relate the adsorption capacity of pollutants with color and age. 
      Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 
      DDTs were analysed on pellets through gas chromatography mass spectrometry 
      (GC-MS), and types of plastic were identified using Fourier transformed infra-red 
      spectroscopy (micro-FTIR). Microplastics were mostly polyethylene and 
      polypropylene. Regarding sizes, some fibres ranged from 1 to 5 mum in diameter and 
      were 500 mum in length. The majority of samples collected had sizes above 200 mum. 
      Black pellets, unlike aged pellets, had the highest concentrations of POPs except 
      for PAHs in Fonte da Telha beach. PAHs with higher concentrations were pyrene, 
      phenantrene, chrysene and fluoranthene. Higher concentrations of PCBs were found 
      for congeners 18, 31, 138 and 187. Further investigation is necessary to 
      understand the relationship between plastic degradation and adsorption for 
      different pollutants.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Frias, J P G L
AU  - Frias JP
AD  - IMAR-Instituto do Mar, Departamento de Ciencias e Engenharia do Ambiente, 
      Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Monte 
      de Caparica, Portugal. jpfrias@fct.unl.pt
FAU - Sobral, P
AU  - Sobral P
FAU - Ferreira, A M
AU  - Ferreira AM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20100830
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - CIW5S16655 (DDT)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adsorption
MH  - DDT/analysis
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Geologic Sediments
MH  - Plastics/*chemistry
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*analysis
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons/*analysis
MH  - Portugal
EDAT- 2010/08/31 06:00
MHDA- 2011/01/15 06:00
CRDT- 2010/08/31 06:00
PHST- 2010/05/17 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/07/19 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2010/07/23 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/08/31 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/08/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/01/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0025-326X(10)00336-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.030 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2010 Nov;60(11):1988-92. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.07.030. 
      Epub 2010 Aug 30.