Long-term sorption of metals is similar among plastic types: implications for plastic debris in aquatic environments.

Concerns regarding plastic debris and its ability to accumulate large concentrations of priority pollutants in the aquatic environment led us to quantify relationships between different types of mass-produced plastic and metals in seawater. At three locations in San Diego Bay, we measured the accumu...

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Main Authors: Chelsea M Rochman, Brian T Hentschel, Swee J Teh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3893203?pdf=render