PMID- 29089130
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180309
LR  - 20180309
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 616-617
DP  - 2018 Mar
TI  - Occurrences of organophosphorus esters and phthalates in the microplastics from 
      the coastal beaches in north China.
PG  - 1505-1512
LID - S0048-9697(17)32873-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.163 [doi]
AB  - Chemical pollution in the microplastics has been concerned worldwide as 
      pollutants might potentially transfer from the environment to living organisms 
      via plastics. Here, we investigate organophosphorus esters (OPEs) and phthalic 
      acid esters (PAEs) in the beached microplastics collected from 28 coastal beaches 
      of the Bohai and Yellow Sea in north China. The analyzed microplastics included 
      polyethylene (PE) pellets and fragments, polypropylene (PP) flakes and fragments 
      and polystyrene (PS) foams. The tris-(2-chloroethyl)-phosphate (TCEP), tris 
      (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) and di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) were 
      the three predominant compounds found overall. The maximum Sigma4 OPEs concentration 
      was 84,595.9ngg(-1), almost three orders of magnitude higher than the maximum Sigma9 
      PAEs concentration. The PP flakes and PS foams contained the highest 
      concentrations of the additives in contrast to the PE pellets which contained the 
      lowest. The high concentration level of carcinogenic chlorinated OPEs and DEHP 
      with endocrine disrupting effects implied the suggested potential hazards to 
      coastal organisms. Spatial differences and compositional variation of the 
      additives among the different microplastics suggests different origins and 
      residence times in the coastal environment. This indicates that the 
      characteristics of chemical additives might be a useful approach when tracing 
      sources of microplastics in the environment.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Zhang, Haibo
AU  - Zhang H
AD  - Key Laboratory of Soil Contamination Bioremediation of Zhejiang Province, 
      Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China; Key Laboratory of Coastal 
      Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal 
      Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China.
FAU - Zhou, Qian
AU  - Zhou Q
AD  - Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, 
      Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 
      264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
FAU - Xie, Zhiyong
AU  - Xie Z
AD  - Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, 
      Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany.
FAU - Zhou, Yang
AU  - Zhou Y
AD  - Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, 
      Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 
      264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
FAU - Tu, Chen
AU  - Tu C
AD  - Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, 
      Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 
      264003, China.
FAU - Fu, Chuancheng
AU  - Fu C
AD  - Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, 
      Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 
      264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
FAU - Mi, Wenying
AU  - Mi W
AD  - MINJIE Analytical Laboratory, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany.
FAU - Ebinghaus, Ralf
AU  - Ebinghaus R
AD  - Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, 
      Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, 21502, Germany.
FAU - Christie, Peter
AU  - Christie P
AD  - Nanjing Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, 
      China.
FAU - Luo, Yongming
AU  - Luo Y
AD  - Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, 
      Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 
      264003, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China. 
      Electronic address: ymluo@yic.ac.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20171028
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Chemical additives
OT  - Coastal beaches
OT  - Microplastics
OT  - Source identification
OT  - Spatial variation
EDAT- 2017/11/02 06:00
MHDA- 2017/11/02 06:01
CRDT- 2017/11/02 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/10/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/10/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/11/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/11/02 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/11/02 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(17)32873-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.163 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2018 Mar;616-617:1505-1512. doi: 
      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.163. Epub 2017 Oct 28.