TY - JOUR
T1 - A qualitative screening and quantitative measurement of organic contaminants on different types of marine plastic debris
AU - Gauquie, Johanna
AU - Devriese, Lisa
AU - Robbens, Johan
AU - De Witte, Bavo
PY - 2015/6/21
Y1 - 2015/6/21
N2 - Chemical compounds present on plastic were characterised on different types of plastic litter and beached pellets, using a general GC–MS screening method. A variety of plastic related compounds, such as building blocks, antioxidants, additives and degradation products, were identified next to diverse environmental pollutants and biofilm compounds. A validated method for the analysis of PAHs and PCBs on beached pellets at the Belgian Coast, showed concentrations of ∑ 16 EPA-PAHs of 1076–3007 ng g−1 plastic, while the concentrations of ∑ 7 OSPAR-PCBs ranged from 31 to 236 ng g−1 plastic. The wide variety of plastic compounds retrieved in the general screening showed the importance of plastic as a potential source of contaminants and their degradation products.
AB - Chemical compounds present on plastic were characterised on different types of plastic litter and beached pellets, using a general GC–MS screening method. A variety of plastic related compounds, such as building blocks, antioxidants, additives and degradation products, were identified next to diverse environmental pollutants and biofilm compounds. A validated method for the analysis of PAHs and PCBs on beached pellets at the Belgian Coast, showed concentrations of ∑ 16 EPA-PAHs of 1076–3007 ng g−1 plastic, while the concentrations of ∑ 7 OSPAR-PCBs ranged from 31 to 236 ng g−1 plastic. The wide variety of plastic compounds retrieved in the general screening showed the importance of plastic as a potential source of contaminants and their degradation products.
U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.029
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.029
M3 - A1: Web of Science-article
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 138
SP - 348
EP - 356
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
ER -