期刊
TRENDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 35, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.teac.2022.e00170
关键词
Microplastics; Emerging Pollutants; Vectors; Mechanism; Bioaccumulation; Effects
资金
- Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Economia, Conocimiento, Empresas y Universidad [P20_00556]
This review examines the role of microplastics as carriers of emerging environmental contaminants and discusses the factors influencing the sorption process. It also explores the effects of co-exposure to microplastics and emerging pollutants on aquatic and terrestrial organisms. The lack of standardization in laboratory studies and testing conditions reflecting actual environmental exposure is highlighted.
Microplastics (MPs) and other emerging pollutants exist together in the environment and their co-exposure represents a source of increasing concern as MPs have been reported to act as carriers of pollutants due to their high sorption capacity. The ingestion of contaminated MPs by organisms can enhance the desorption of pollutants, increasing their bioavailability and toxicity. This review examines the role of MPs as vectors of environmental emerging contaminants. First, the main tools used to identify and characterise MPs and the analytical methods used for the determination of associated emerging contaminants are discussed. Insightful explanations of the sorption interaction between several groups of emerging pollutants and MPs are provided. MP type (polarity, crystallinity, size) and aging process together with the environmental conditions and pollutant properties (hydrophobicity and dissociated forms) are key factors influencing the sorption process. The literature review showed that polyethylene and polystyrene were the most commonly studied polymers. Antibiotics, perfluoroalkyl compounds and triclosan showed high sorption capacities onto MPs. Finally, the effect of co exposure to MPs-emerging pollutants and bioaccumulation in aquatic and terrestrial organisms is discussed. The combined exposure may impact the toxic effects in different ways, through synergistic or antagonic interactions. Examples of different scenarios are provided, but in general the research conducted on terrestrial systems is scarce. The results revealed a lack of standardization in laboratory studies and in the testing conditions that reflect actual environmental exposure.
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