PMID- 34347906
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220415
LR  - 20220415
IS  - 1552-8618 (Electronic)
IS  - 0730-7268 (Linking)
VI  - 41
IP  - 2
DP  - 2022 Feb
TI  - Marine Debris and Human Health: An Exposure Pathway of Persistent Organic 
      Pollutants?
PG  - 263-265
LID - 10.1002/etc.5186 [doi]
AB  - Although there are not any direct studies linking persistent organic pollutants 
      (POPs) accumulated on marine debris to human health, there are numerous studies 
      showing human health impacts from repeated and high-level POP exposure, as well 
      as studies showing that POPs accumulate on plastic debris in the marine 
      environment. With this knowledge, there is a need for greater awareness of the 
      risks of POP exposure for those who handle marine debris regularly, especially in 
      contexts of higher exposure such as those working in marine debris-concentrated 
      areas. Among the scientific community, understanding of the exposure risk might 
      be high, but others who handle marine debris, for instance, citizen groups in the 
      Global South, are not necessarily aware of this exposure pathway. Moreover, 
      global consumers who are marketed "ocean plastics" upcycled products are also not 
      aware of potential POP exposure. Before marine plastics are accepted into the 
      upcycled economy, these risks warrant further examination. This is a perspectives 
      piece that aims to draw awareness to these emergent POP exposure pathways and 
      considerations regarding marine plastic pollution. Environ Toxicol Chem 
      2022;41:263-265. (c) 2021 SETAC.
CI  - (c) 2021 SETAC.
FAU - Conlon, Katie
AU  - Conlon K
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7454-2705
AD  - Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210917
PL  - United States
TA  - Environ Toxicol Chem
JT  - Environmental toxicology and chemistry
JID - 8308958
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Waste Products)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Persistent Organic Pollutants
MH  - Plastics/toxicity
MH  - Waste Products/analysis
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/toxicity
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bioaccumulation
OT  - Contaminants
OT  - Environmental transport
OT  - Hazard/risk assessment
OT  - Marine plastics
EDAT- 2021/08/05 06:00
MHDA- 2022/04/16 06:00
CRDT- 2021/08/04 17:26
PHST- 2021/04/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/08/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/08/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/04/16 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/08/04 17:26 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/etc.5186 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Toxicol Chem. 2022 Feb;41(2):263-265. doi: 10.1002/etc.5186. Epub 2021 
      Sep 17.