PMID- 28440937
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20170428
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 1551-3793 (Electronic)
IS  - 1551-3777 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 3
DP  - 2017 May
TI  - Microplastics are not important for the cycling and bioaccumulation of organic 
      pollutants in the oceans-but should microplastics be considered POPs themselves?
PG  - 460-465
LID - 10.1002/ieam.1914 [doi]
AB  - The role of microplastic particles in the cycling and bioaccumulation of 
      persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is discussed. Five common concepts, 
      sometimes misconceptions, about the role of microplastics are reviewed. While 
      there is ample evidence that microplastics accumulate high concentrations of 
      POPs, this does not result in microplastics being important for the global 
      dispersion of POPs. Similarly, there is scant evidence that microplastics are an 
      important transfer vector of POPs into animals, but possibly for plastic 
      additives (flame retardants). Last, listing microplastics as POPs could help 
      reduce their environmental impact. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2017;13:460-465. (c) 
      2017 SETAC.
CI  - (c) 2017 SETAC.
FAU - Lohmann, Rainer
AU  - Lohmann R
AD  - Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, Rhode 
      Island, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Integr Environ Assess Manag
JT  - Integrated environmental assessment and management
JID - 101234521
RN  - 0 (Flame Retardants)
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Policy
MH  - Flame Retardants/analysis
MH  - Oceans and Seas
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis
MH  - Plastics/*analysis
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Food web accumulation
OT  - Hydrophobic organic contaminants
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - Persistent organic pollutants
EDAT- 2017/04/26 06:00
MHDA- 2017/04/30 06:00
CRDT- 2017/04/26 06:00
PHST- 2017/01/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/01/20 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/02/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/04/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/04/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/04/30 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/ieam.1914 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Integr Environ Assess Manag. 2017 May;13(3):460-465. doi: 10.1002/ieam.1914.