PMID- 23270427
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130723
LR  - 20161125
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013 Feb 5
TI  - Long-term field measurement of sorption of organic contaminants to five types of 
      plastic pellets: implications for plastic marine debris.
PG  - 1646-54
LID - 10.1021/es303700s [doi]
AB  - Concerns regarding marine plastic pollution and its affinity for chemical 
      pollutants led us to quantify relationships between different types of 
      mass-produced plastic and organic contaminants in an urban bay. At five locations 
      in San Diego Bay, CA, we measured sorption of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) 
      and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) throughout a 12-month period to the 
      five most common types of mass-produced plastic: polyethylene terephthalate 
      (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), low-density 
      polyethylene (LDPE), and polypropylene (PP). During this long-term field 
      experiment, sorption rates and concentrations of PCBs and PAHs varied 
      significantly among plastic types and among locations. Our data suggest that for 
      PAHs and PCBs, PET and PVC reach equilibrium in the marine environment much 
      faster than HDPE, LDPE, and PP. Most importantly, concentrations of PAHs and PCBs 
      sorbed to HDPE, LDPE, and PP were consistently much greater than concentrations 
      sorbed to PET and PVC. These data imply that products made from HDPE, LDPE, and 
      PP pose a greater risk than products made from PET and PVC of concentrating these 
      hazardous chemicals onto fragmented plastic debris ingested by marine animals.
FAU - Rochman, Chelsea M
AU  - Rochman CM
AD  - Department of Biology and Coastal and Marine Institute, San Diego State 
      University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, California 92182, United States. 
      cmrochman@ucdavis.edu
FAU - Hoh, Eunha
AU  - Hoh E
FAU - Hentschel, Brian T
AU  - Hentschel BT
FAU - Kaye, Shawn
AU  - Kaye S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
DEP - 20130109
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons)
RN  - 0 (Waste Products)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adsorption
MH  - Animals
MH  - Bays
MH  - California
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis
MH  - Plastics/*chemistry
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls
MH  - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
MH  - Seawater/*chemistry
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Waste Products/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
EDAT- 2012/12/29 06:00
MHDA- 2013/07/24 06:00
CRDT- 2012/12/29 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/12/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/07/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es303700s [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2013 Feb 5;47(3):1646-54. doi: 10.1021/es303700s. Epub 2013 
      Jan 9.