PMID- 38536858 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240329 LR - 20240329 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 3 DP - 2024 TI - Dynamics of leaching of POPs and additives from plastic in a Procellariiform gastric model: Diet- and polymer-dependent effects and implications for long-term exposure. PG - e0299860 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0299860 [doi] LID - e0299860 AB - Procellariiform seabirds are known to have high rates of plastic ingestion. We investigated the bioaccessibility of plastic-associated chemicals [plastic additives and sorbed persistent organic pollutants (POPs)] leached from plastic over time using an in vitro Procellariiform gastric model. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC), commonly ingested by Procellariiform seabirds, were manufactured with one additive [decabrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE-209) or bisphenol S (BPS)]. HDPE and PVC added with PBDE-209 were additionally incubated in salt water with 2,4,4'-trichloro-1,1'-biphenyl (PCB-28) and 2,2',3,4,4',5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (PCB-138) to simulate sorption of POPs on plastic in the marine environment. Our results indicate that the type of plastic (nature of polymer and additive), presence of food (i.e., lipids and proteins) and gastric secretions (i.e., pepsin) influence the leaching of chemicals in a seabird. In addition, 100% of the sorbed POPs were leached from the plastic within 100 hours, while only 2-5% of the additives were leached from the matrix within 100 hours, suggesting that the remaining 95% of the additives could continue to be leached. Overall, our study illustrates how plastic type, diet and plastic retention time can influence a Procellariform's exposure risk to plastic-associated chemicals. CI - Copyright: (c) 2024 Van Hassel et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. FAU - Van Hassel, Liesbeth AU - Van Hassel L AUID- ORCID: 0009-0002-0143-5762 AD - Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. FAU - Scholl, Georges AU - Scholl G AD - Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, MolSys Research Unity, Universite de Liege, Liege, Belgium. FAU - Eppe, Gauthier AU - Eppe G AD - Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, MolSys Research Unity, Universite de Liege, Liege, Belgium. FAU - Poleunisc, Claude AU - Poleunisc C AD - Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. FAU - Dupont-Gillain, Christine AU - Dupont-Gillain C AD - Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. FAU - Finkelstein, Myra AU - Finkelstein M AD - Microbiology & Environmental Toxicology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America. FAU - Debier, Cathy AU - Debier C AD - Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Science and Technology, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240327 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Plastics) RN - 7REL09ZX35 (pentabromodiphenyl ether) RN - 0 (Polymers) RN - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene) RN - 0 (Environmental Pollutants) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers) SB - IM MH - Plastics MH - Polymers MH - Polyethylene MH - *Environmental Pollutants MH - Diet MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis MH - *Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers PMC - PMC10971572 COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2024/03/27 18:44 MHDA- 2024/03/29 06:46 PMCR- 2024/03/27 CRDT- 2024/03/27 13:44 PHST- 2023/12/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/02/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/03/29 06:46 [medline] PHST- 2024/03/27 18:44 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/03/27 13:44 [entrez] PHST- 2024/03/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-23-41502 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0299860 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2024 Mar 27;19(3):e0299860. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299860. eCollection 2024.