Residual additives in marine microplastics and their risk assessment – A critical review

Plastic debris composition and concentration in the Arctic Ocean, the North Sea and the Baltic Sea

(2021) Jari Hänninen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Adsorption behavior of organic pollutants on microplastics

(2021) Lina Fu et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Non-intentionally added substances (NIAS) in recycled plastics

(2020) O. Horodytska et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Quantitative overview of marine debris ingested by marine megafauna

(2020) Susanne Kühn et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Leaching of flame-retardants from polystyrene debris: Bioaccumulation and potential effects on coral

(2020) Yann Aminot et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health

(2020) Campanale et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Microplastics in sea-surface waters surrounding Sweden sampled by manta trawl and in-situ pump

(2020) Christine Schönlau et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Risk assessment of added chemicals in plastics in the Danish marine environment

(2020) Patrik Fauser et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Car Tire Crumb Rubber: Does Leaching Produce a Toxic Chemical Cocktail in Coastal Marine Systems?

(2020) Claudia Halsband et al.   Frontiers in Environmental Science

Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastics in marine organisms: A review and meta-analysis of current data

(2020) Michaela E. Miller et al.   PLoS One

High concentrations of plastic hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean

(2020) Katsiaryna Pabortsava et al.   Nature Communications

Occurrence, toxicity and risk assessment of plastic additives in Besos river, Spain

(2020) Gabino Bolívar-Subirats et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

A ubiquitous tire rubber–derived chemical induces acute mortality in coho salmon

(2020) Zhenyu Tian et al.   SCIENCE

Currently monitored microplastics pose negligible ecological risk to the global ocean

(2020) Ricardo Beiras et al.   Scientific Reports

Assessing microplastic as a vector for chemical entry into fish larvae using a novel tube-feeding approach

(2020) Sissel Norland et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Transfer of PCBs from microplastics under simulated gut fluid conditions is biphasic and reversible

(2019) Nur Hazimah Mohamed Nor et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Occurrence of selected endocrine disrupting compounds in Iberian coastal areas and assessment of the environmental risk

(2019) N. Salgueiro-González et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Towards the Development and Application of an Environmental Risk Assessment Framework for Microplastic

(2019) Todd Gouin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Microplastics abundance and characteristics in surface waters from the Northwest Pacific, the Bering Sea, and the Chukchi Sea

(2019) Jingli Mu et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources, distribution and fate of microfibres on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

(2019) Lene H. Jensen et al.   Scientific Reports

The vertical distribution and biological transport of marine microplastics across the epipelagic and mesopelagic water column

(2019) C. Anela Choy et al.   Scientific Reports

Leaching of endocrine disrupting chemicals from marine microplastics and mesoplastics under common life stress conditions

(2019) Qiqing Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

On the representativeness of pump water samples versus manta sampling in microplastic analysis

(2019) Matthias Tamminga et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of microplastic particles and leaching additive on the life history and morphology of Daphnia magna

(2019) Isabella Schrank et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A flow-based platform hyphenated to on-line liquid chromatography for automatic leaching tests of chemical additives from microplastics into seawater

(2019) Kateřina Fikarová et al.   JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

Piece-by-piece analysis of additives and manufacturing byproducts in plastics ingested by seabirds: Implication for risk of exposure to seabirds

(2019) Kosuke Tanaka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics as vectors of contaminants

(2019) Gabriella Caruso   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence and concentrations of chemical additives in plastic fragments on a beach on the island of Kauai, Hawaii

(2019) Kosuke Tanaka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Polyethylene microplastics do not increase bioaccumulation or toxicity of nonylphenol and 4-MBC to marine zooplankton

(2019) Ricardo Beiras et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Rapid fingerprinting of source and environmental microplastics using direct analysis in real time-high resolution mass spectrometry

(2019) Xianming Zhang et al.   ANALYTICA CHIMICA ACTA

Comparison between manta trawl and in situ pump filtration methods, and guidance for visual identification of microplastics in surface waters

(2019) Therese M. Karlsson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Interaction of chemical contaminants with microplastics: Principles and perspectives

(2019) Omowunmi H. Fred-Ahmadu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Chemical composition and ecotoxicity of plastic and car tire rubber leachates to aquatic organisms

(2019) Marco Capolupo et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Ecotoxicological evaluation of the risk posed by bisphenol A, triclosan, and 4-nonylphenol in coastal waters using early life stages of marine organisms ( Isochrysis galbana, Mytilus galloprovincialis, Paracentrotus lividus, and Acartia clausi )

(2018) Tania Tato et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Risk assessment of microplastics in the ocean: Modelling approach and first conclusions

(2018) Gert Everaert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Accumulation of Plastic Debris and Associated Contaminants in Aquatic Food Webs

(2018) Noël J. Diepens et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

(2018) John N. Hahladakis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastics in sub-surface waters of the Arctic Central Basin

(2018) La Daana K. Kanhai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Abundance and characterization of microplastics in the coastal waters of Tuscany (Italy): The application of the MSFD monitoring protocol in the Mediterranean Sea

(2018) Matteo Baini et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic analysis in the South Funen Archipelago, Baltic Sea, implementing manta trawling and bulk sampling

(2018) Matthias Tamminga et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Occurrence of microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea)

(2018) Natascha Schmidt et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

No increase in marine microplastic concentration over the last three decades – A case study from the Baltic Sea

(2018) Sabrina Beer et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures

(2018) Frederic Gallo et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Photodegradation of brominated flame retardants in polystyrene: Quantum yields, products and influencing factors

(2018) Amina Khaled et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Quantifying ecological risks of aquatic micro- and nanoplastic

(2018) Ellen Besseling et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Small microplastics as a main contributor to plastic mass balance in the North Atlantic subtropical gyre

(2018) Marie POULAIN et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the aquatic environment: Evidence for or against adverse impacts and major knowledge gaps

(2018) Emily E. Burns et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Toward an ecotoxicological risk assessment of microplastics: Comparison of available hazard and exposure data in freshwaters

(2018) Véronique Adam et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Microplastic content variation in water column: The observations employing a novel sampling tool in stratified Baltic Sea

(2018) M.B. Zobkov et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A comparison of sampling methods for seawater microplastics and a first report of the microplastic litter in coastal waters of Ascension and Falkland Islands

(2018) Dannielle S. Green et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards

(2018) Ksenia J. Groh et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Widespread detection of a brominated flame retardant, hexabromocyclododecane, in expanded polystyrene marine debris and microplastics from South Korea and the Asia-Pacific coastal region

(2017) Mi Jang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Abundant plankton-sized microplastic particles in shelf waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico

(2017) Rosana Di Mauro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic litter composition of the Turkish territorial waters of the Mediterranean Sea, and its occurrence in the gastrointestinal tract of fish

(2017) Olgaç Güven et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Fate of nano- and microplastic in freshwater systems: A modeling study

(2017) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Risks of Plastic Debris: Unravelling Fact, Opinion, Perception, and Belief

(2017) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Abundance and composition of near surface microplastics and plastic debris in the Stockholm Archipelago, Baltic Sea

(2017) Berit Gewert et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the Southern Ocean

(2017) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic in microplastics: A review

(2017) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Exceptionally high abundances of microplastics in the oligotrophic Israeli Mediterranean coastal waters

(2017) Noam van der Hal et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Benzotriazole-type ultraviolet stabilizers and antioxidants in plastic marine debris and their new products

(2017) Manviri Rani et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Reducing Uncertainty and Confronting Ignorance about the Possible Impacts of Weathering Plastic in the Marine Environment

(2017) Annika Jahnke et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Microplastics as a vector of hydrophobic contaminants: Importance of hydrophobic additives

(2017) Jung-Hwan Kwon et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Current understanding of microplastics in the environment: Occurrence, fate, risks, and what we should do

(2017) Jinping Peng et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Microplastics as vectors for environmental contaminants: Exploring sorption, desorption, and transfer to biota

(2017) Nanna B Hartmann et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation

(2017) Andrés Cózar et al.   Science Advances

Relative importance of microplastics as a pathway for the transfer of hydrophobic organic chemicals to marine life

(2016) Adil Bakir et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic pollution in the Greenland Sea: Background levels and selective contamination of planktivorous diving seabirds

(2016) F. Amélineau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastic as a Vector for Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Critical Review and Model-Supported Reinterpretation of Empirical Studies

(2016) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Negligible Impact of Ingested Microplastics on Tissue Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Northern Fulmars off Coastal Norway

(2016) Dorte Herzke et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics as vectors for bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic chemicals in the marine environment: A state-of-the-science review

(2016) Linda M. Ziccardi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

Floating plastic debris in the Central and Western Mediterranean Sea

(2016) Luis F. Ruiz-Orejón et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Sea surface microplastics in Slovenian part of the Northern Adriatic

(2016) Tamara Gajšt et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Distribution and abundance of surface water microlitter in the Baltic Sea: A comparison of two sampling methods

(2016) Outi Setälä et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Changes in the Floating Plastic Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea in Relation to the Distance to Land

(2016) Maria Luiza Pedrotti et al.   PLoS One

The Mediterranean Plastic Soup: synthetic polymers in Mediterranean surface waters

(2016) Giuseppe Suaria et al.   Scientific Reports

Qualitative Analysis of Additives in Plastic Marine Debris and Its New Products

(2015) Manviri Rani et al.   ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Occurrence, relative abundance and spatial distribution of microplastics and zooplankton NW of Sardinia in the Pelagos Sanctuary Protected Area, Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Cristina Panti et al.   Environmental Chemistry

Facilitated Leaching of Additive-Derived PBDEs from Plastic by Seabirds’ Stomach Oil and Accumulation in Tissues

(2015) Kosuke Tanaka et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

An evaluation of surface micro- and mesoplastic pollution in pelagic ecosystems of the Western Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Florian Faure et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

East Asian seas: A hot spot of pelagic microplastics

(2015) Atsuhiko Isobe et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Marine neustonic microplastics around the southeastern coast of Korea

(2015) Jung-Hoon Kang et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastic in a macro filter feeder: Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae

(2015) E. Besseling et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Enrichment of hexabromocyclododecanes in coastal sediments near aquaculture areas and a wastewater treatment plant in a semi-enclosed bay in South Korea

(2015) Najat Ahmed Al-Odaini et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Do wastewater treatment plants act as a potential point source of microplastics? Preliminary study in the coastal Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

(2015) J. Talvitie et al.   WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in Arctic polar waters: the first reported values of particles in surface and sub-surface samples

(2015) Amy L. Lusher et al.   Scientific Reports

Pathways for degradation of plastic polymers floating in the marine environment

(2015) Berit Gewert et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea

(2015) Andrés Cózar et al.   PLoS One

Hexabromocyclododecane in polystyrene based consumer products: An evidence of unregulated use

(2014) Manviri Rani et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Leaching of plastic additives to marine organisms

(2014) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Distribution of Surface Plastic Debris in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from an 11-Year Data Set

(2014) Kara Lavender Law et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Large Accumulation of Micro-sized Synthetic Polymer Particles in the Sea Surface Microlayer

(2014) Young Kyoung Song et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Amount and distribution of neustonic micro-plastic off the western Sardinian coast (Central-Western Mediterranean Sea)

(2014) Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Microplastic pollution in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: Validated and opportunistic sampling

(2014) Amy L. Lusher et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Widespread distribution of microplastics in subsurface seawater in the NE Pacific Ocean

(2014) Jean-Pierre W. Desforges et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

(2014) Shiye Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in fish tissue may be an indicator of plastic contamination in marine habitats

(2014) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in the pelagic environment around oceanic islands of the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean

(2014) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity

(2013) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Investigation of heavy metal content of Turkish tobacco leaves, cigarette butt, ash, and smoke

(2013) Füsun Okçu Pelit et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Enhanced desorption of persistent organic pollutants from microplastics under simulated physiological conditions

(2013) Adil Bakir et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic as a Carrier of POPs to Aquatic Organisms: A Model Analysis

(2013) Albert A. Koelmans et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Pelagic microplastics around an archipelago of the Equatorial Atlantic

(2013) Juliana A. Ivar do Sul et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The plastic-associated microorganisms of the North Pacific Gyre

(2013) Henry S. Carson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals in tissues of seabirds ingesting marine plastics

(2013) Kosuke Tanaka et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Annual variation in neustonic micro- and meso-plastic particles and zooplankton in the Bay of Calvi (Mediterranean–Corsica)

(2013) Amandine Collignon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Scales of Spatial Heterogeneity of Plastic Marine Debris in the Northeast Pacific Ocean

(2013) Miriam C. Goldstein et al.   PLoS One

Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways

(2013) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Identification of polymer types and additives in marine microplastic particles using pyrolysis-GC/MS and scanning electron microscopy

(2013) Elke Fries et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

Increased oceanic microplastic debris enhances oviposition in an endemic pelagic insect

(2012) M. C. Goldstein et al.   Biology Letters

The effect of wind mixing on the vertical distribution of buoyant plastic debris

(2012) T. Kukulka et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Are baleen whales exposed to the threat of microplastics? A case study of the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(2012) Maria Cristina Fossi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Neustonic microplastic and zooplankton in the North Western Mediterranean Sea

(2012) Amandine Collignon et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A Thermodynamic Approach for Assessing the Environmental Exposure of Chemicals Absorbed to Microplastic

(2011) Todd Gouin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Organic micropollutants in marine plastics debris from the open ocean and remote and urban beaches

(2011) Hisashi Hirai et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environmental and health hazard ranking and assessment of plastic polymers based on chemical composition

(2011) Delilah Lithner et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish

(2011) E. Slaughter et al.   TOBACCO CONTROL

Plastic particles in coastal pelagic ecosystems of the Northeast Pacific ocean

(2010) Miriam J. Doyle et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Biomagnification profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, alkylphenols and polychlorinated biphenyls in Tokyo Bay elucidated by δ13C and δ15N isotope ratios as guides to trophic web structure

(2009) Ichiro Takeuchi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Phthalates and other additives in plastics: human exposure and associated health outcomes

(2009) J. D. Meeker et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A critical analysis of the biological impacts of plasticizers on wildlife

(2009) J. Oehlmann et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES