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, Bjorn, Annika, Rowland, Steven J., Thompson, Richard C., Galloway, Tamara S., Yamashita, Rei, Ochi, Daisuke, Watanuki, Yutaka, Moore, Charles, Viet, Pham Hung, Tana, Touch Seang, 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: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: The Royal Society 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17477/1/Transport%20and%20release%20of%20chemicals%20from%20plastics%20to%20the%20environment%20and%20to%20wildlife.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/17477/

Plastics debris in the marine 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...