PMID- 24884099
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20141008
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1520-5851 (Electronic)
IS  - 0013-936X (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 14
DP  - 2014 Jul 15
TI  - Assimilation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers from microplastics by the marine 
      amphipod, Allorchestes compressa.
PG  - 8127-34
LID - 10.1021/es405717z [doi]
AB  - Microplastic particles (MPPs; <5 mm) are found in skin cleansing soaps and are 
      released into the environment via the sewage system. MPPs in the environment can 
      sorb persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that can potentially be assimilated by 
      organisms mistaking MPPs for food. Amphipods (Allorchestes compressa) exposed to 
      MPPs isolated from a commercial facial cleansing soap ingested </=45 particles per 
      animal and evacuated them within 36 h. Amphipods were exposed to polybrominated 
      diphenyl ether (PBDEs) congeners (BDE-28, -47, -99, -100, -153, -154, and -183) 
      in the presence or absence of MPPs. This study has demonstrated that PBDEs 
      derived from MPPs can be assimilated into the tissue of a marine amphipod. MPPs 
      reduced PBDE uptake compared to controls, but they caused greater proportional 
      uptake of higher-brominated congeners such as BDE-154 and -153 compared to BDE-28 
      and -47. While MPPs in the environment may lower PBDE uptake compared to 
      unabsorbed free chemicals, our study has demonstrated they can transfer PBDEs 
      into a marine organism. Therefore, MPPs pose a risk of contaminating aquatic food 
      chains with the potential for increasing public exposure through dietary sources. 
      This study has demonstrated that MPPs can act as a vector for the assimilation of 
      POPs into marine organisms.
FAU - Chua, Evan M
AU  - Chua EM
AD  - School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University , Melbourne, Victoria 3001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Shimeta, Jeff
AU  - Shimeta J
FAU - Nugegoda, Dayanthi
AU  - Nugegoda D
FAU - Morrison, Paul D
AU  - Morrison PD
FAU - Clarke, Bradley O
AU  - Clarke BO
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20140623
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Sci Technol
JT  - Environmental science & technology
JID - 0213155
RN  - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adsorption
MH  - Amphipoda/*metabolism
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers/*metabolism
MH  - Plastics/*chemistry
MH  - *Seawater
EDAT- 2014/06/03 06:00
MHDA- 2014/10/09 06:00
CRDT- 2014/06/03 06:00
PHST- 2014/06/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/10/09 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/es405717z [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Sci Technol. 2014 Jul 15;48(14):8127-34. doi: 10.1021/es405717z. Epub 
      2014 Jun 23.