Occurrence and effects of plastic additives on marine environments and organisms: A review

Chemosphere

Volumn 182, Issue , 2017, Pages 781-793

  Hermabessiere, Ludovic ^a   Dehaut, Alexandre ^a   Paul Pont, Ika ^b   Lacroix, Camille ^c   Jezequel, Ronan ^c   Soudant, Philippe ^b   Duflos, Guillaume ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^c Cedre   (France)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Brominated flame retardant; Microplastics; Phthalates; Plastic additives

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL HAZARDS; ELASTOMERS; ESTERS; LEACHING; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROPLASTIC; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS;

BIS-PHENOL A; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; MICROPLASTICS; PHTHALATES; PLASTIC ADDITIVES;

ADDITIVES;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ANTIOXIDANT; FLAME RETARDANT; NONYLPHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADDITIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLAME RETARDANT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PBDE; PHENOL; PHTHALATE; PLASTIC; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BIOLEACHING; BROMINATION; FIELD STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; SEA; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85019636598     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.05.096     Document Type: Review

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