Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

• Main Authors: Teuten, Emma L., Saquing, Jovita M., Knappe, Detlef R.U., Barlaz, Morton A., Jonsson, Susanne, Björn, Annika, Rowland, Steven J., Thompson, Richard C., Galloway, Tamara S., Yamashita, Rei, Ochi, Daisuke, Watanuki, Yutaka, Moore, Charles, Viet, Pham Hung, Tana, Touch S., Prudente, Maricar, Boonyatumanond, Ruchaya, Zakaria, Mohamad P., Akkhavong, Kongsap, Ogata, Yuko, Hirai, Hisashi, Iwasa, Satoru, Mizukawa, Kaoruko, Hagino, Yuki, Imamura, Ayako, Saha, Mahua, Takada, Hideshige
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/1104; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/2103/type/native/viewcontent
• Institution: De La Salle University

Plastics debris in themarine environment, including resin pellets, fragments and microscopic plastic fragments, contain organic contaminants, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, petroleum hydrocarbons, organochlorine pesticides (2,2′-bis(p- chlorophenyl)-1,1...