Microplastics are not important for the cycling and bioaccumulation of organic pollutants in the oceans-but should microplastics be considered POPs themselves?

Chemical Pollutants Sorbed to Ingested Microbeads from Personal Care Products Accumulate in Fish

(2016) Peter Wardrop et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Styrofoam Debris as a Source of Hazardous Additives for Marine Organisms

(2016) Mi Jang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Determination of silicone rubber and low-density polyethylene diffusion and polymer/water partition coefficients for emerging contaminants

(2016) Marina G. Pintado-Herrera et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

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

Transfer of benzo[a]pyrene from microplastics toArtemianauplii and further to zebrafish via a trophic food web experiment: CYP1A induction and visual tracking of persistent organic pollutants

(2016) Annika Batel et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

No measurable “cleaning” of polychlorinated biphenyls from Rainbow Trout in a 9 week depuration study with dietary exposure to 40% polyethylene microspheres

(2016) Christoph Daniel Rummel et al.   Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts

The degradation potential of PET bottles in the marine environment: An ATR-FTIR based approach

(2016) C. Ioakeimidis et al.   Scientific Reports

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Pathways for degradation of plastic polymers floating in the marine environment

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

Leaching of plastic additives to marine organisms

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

Assimilation of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers from Microplastics by the Marine Amphipod, Allorchestes Compressa

(2014) Evan M. Chua et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Transport of persistent organic pollutants by microplastics in estuarine conditions

(2014) Adil Bakir et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

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

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

(2013) Adil Bakir et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Size-Dependent Effects of Micro Polystyrene Particles in the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus

(2013) Kyun-Woo Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Desorption kinetics of hydrophobic organic contaminants from marine plastic pellets

(2013) Satoshi Endo 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

Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress

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

Effects of Microplastic on Fitness and PCB Bioaccumulation by the Lugworm Arenicola marina (L.)

(2012) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uptake and Effects of Microplastics on Cells and Tissue of the Blue Mussel Mytilus edulis L. after an Experimental Exposure

(2012) Nadia von Moos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Critical Review of Low-Density Polyethylene’s Partitioning and Diffusion Coefficients for Trace Organic Contaminants and Implications for Its Use As a Passive Sampler

(2011) Rainer Lohmann   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

Cycling of PCBs and HCB in the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere of the Open Pacific

(2010) Lin Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Global Aquatic Passive Sampling (AQUA-GAPS): Using Passive Samplers to Monitor POPs in the Waters of the World1

(2010) Rainer Lohmann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic?

(2010) Christiane Zarfl et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Diffuse pollution by persistent organic pollutants as measured in plastic pellets sampled from various beaches in Greece

(2010) H.K. Karapanagioti et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Polymer−Water Partition Coefficients of Hydrophobic Compounds for Passive Sampling: Application of Cosolvent Models for Validation

(2009) Foppe Smedes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES