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. 2021 Nov 27;427:127903. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127903

Table 1.

Sorbed chemical contaminants on several weathered plastic particles (MP and NP) investigated in microcosm (M)/lab and field (F) conditions with the instrumental techniques used.

S.No. MPs/NPs polymer types in the environment/ Organism MPs-size Organic sorbed chemicals Detection techniques Study type [Microcosm (M)/Field (F)] Reference
1. PE & PS
M. galloprovincialis
< 100 µm Pyrene HPLC-Fluorimetric
detection
M Avio et al. (2015); Rodrigues et al. (2019)
2. PS 5 µm Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) SEM & Flow cytometer M Li et al., 2020a, Li et al., 2020b
3. PA, PE, PVC, PS < 250 µm n-Hexane, Cyclohexane
Benzene
Toluene
Chlorobenzene
Ethylbenzoate
Naphthalene
GC-MS M Hüffer and Hofmann (2016)
4. PET, PE-HD, PP, PVC
PE-LD
Pellets (<5 mm) Acenaphthalene, Acenaphthene
Fluorene, Phenanthrene Anthracene, Fluoranthene
Pyrene, Benz(a)anthracene
Chrysene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene Benzo(a)pyrene, Indeno(123-cd)pyrene, Dibenzo(ah)anthracene
Benzo(ghi)perylene, CB congeners: 8, 18, 28, 52, 44, 60, 101, 81, 77, 123, 118, 114, 153, 105, 138, 126, 187, 128, 167, 156, 180, 169, 170, 189, 196, 206, 209
GC-MS F Rochman et al. (2013); Rodrigues et al. (2019)
5. PP 0.45–0.85 mm Tonalide, Musk xylene, Musk ketone GC-MS M Zhang et al. (2017)
6. PE 10–180 µm PCB 118
PCB 126
GC-MS M Velzeboer et al. (2014); Rodrigues et al. (2019)
7. PS 70 nm (nano) Phenanthrene, Anthracene, Fluoranthene, Pyrene
Benzo(a)anthracene, Chrysene
Benzo(b)fluoranthene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene
HPLC-fluorescence
Detector
M Liu et al. (2016)
8. PE 10–20 µm
Zebrafish
(Danio rerio)
Benzo(a)pyrene Fluorescence
spectroscopy
M Batel et al. (2018)
9. PVC
PE
200–250 µm
A.marina,
Fish,
Seabird (Fulmarus glacialis)
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
Phenanthrene
Bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
LSC M Bakir et al., (2016)
10. PE-LD 20–25 µm
M. galloprovincialis
Benzo(a)pyrene GC-MS M Pittura et al. (2018)
11. PE 212–250 µm
Bacteria
Phenanthrene, Anthracene GC-MS M Kleinteich et al. (2018)
12. PE Pellets (<5 mm) PCBs (38 PCB congeners) GC-MS M Rodrigues et al. (2019)
13. PE, PP, PS < 250 µm Phenanthrene, Fluoranthene
Anthracene, Pentachlorobenzene
Chrysene, Benzo(a)pyrene, Dibenz(a,h)anthracene, Benzo(ghi)perylene, Pyrene
αß-HCH, ߥ-HCH, ¥--HCH, £ -HCH
Hexachlorobenzene
GC-ECD (HCHs,
PCBs)
HPLC- Fluorescence
detector (PAHs)
M Lee et al. (2014); Rodrigues et al. (2019)