Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: principles and perspectives
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Scientific evidences abound of the occurrence of plastic pollution, from mega- to nano-sized plastics, in virtually all matrixes of the environment. Apart from the direct effects of plastics and microplastics pollution such as entanglement, inflammation of cells and gut blockage due to ingestion, plastics are also able to act as vectors of various chemical contaminants in the aquatic environment. This paper provides a review of the association of plastic additives with environmental microplastics, how the structure and composition of polymers influence sorption capacities and highlights some of the models that have been employed to interpret experimental data from recent sorption studies. The factors that influence the sorption of chemical contaminants such as the degree of crystallinity, surface weathering, and chemical properties of contaminants. and the implications of chemical sorption by plastics for the marine food web and human health are also discussed. It was however observed that most studies relied on pristine or artificially aged plastics rather than field plastic samples for studies on chemical sorption by plastics.
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The larger surface area-to-volume ratio of the smaller PEST particles (10 μm) to which copepods were exposed is expected to increase the (relative) amount of DEHP able to be adsorbed or available for sorption.
“The larger surface area-tovolume ratio of the smaller PEST particles (10 μ m) to which copepods were exposed is expected to increase the (relative) amount of DEHP able to be adsorbed (PEST:DEHP) or which is available for sorption (PEST + DEHP) (Fred-Ahmadu et al., 2020).”
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- Authors
- Fred-Ahmadu, O. H., Bhagwat, G., Oluyoye, I., Benson, N. U., Ayejuyo, O. O., & Palanisami, T.
- Affiliations
- Covenant University (NG)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- University of Lagos (NG)
- Corresponding author
- Benson, Nsikak U.
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-03
- Volume
- 706
- Pages
- 135978
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2994796537
- Semantic Scholar
- 9338364490ce5f6ef7bb7419a8559af47b29ec5a
- Cited by
- 505
- References
- 118
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 87 · 2024: 94 · 2023: 84 · 2022: 90 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 43
- FWCI
- 2.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Covenant University Repository (Covenant University) (acceptedVersion)
- NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Covenant University
- Association of Commonwealth Universities
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Keywords
- microplastics, chemical contaminants, polymer additives, sorption, polymer crystallinity, surface weathering, marine food webs, human health, plastic pollution, marine environment
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