A new form of hazardous microparticulate contamination to the marine environment from ships using heavy fuel oil with exhaust gas scrubbers – Characterization and implications for fate, transport and ecotoxicity

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 959; p. 178263
• Main Authors: Gondikas, Andreas, Mattsson, Karin, Hassellöv, Martin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 10.01.2025
• Subjects: Air emissions abatement; chemical analysis; chromium; ecotoxicology; Environmental Monitoring; Environmental Sciences; fuel oils; Fuel Oils - analysis; iron; Marine; marine environment; Metals; Miljövetenskap; nanoparticles; nickel; PAHs; particle size; Particles; Particulate Matter - analysis; Scrubber; Shipping emissions; Ships; sulfur; titanium; toxicity; vanadium; Vehicle Emissions - analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Scrubber; Marine; Shipping emissions; Metals; Air emissions abatement; PAHs; Particles

Aiming to reduce sulfur oxides emission in the atmosphere, the International Maritime Organization developed regulations on shipping that came into effect in 2020. The new rules incentivized many owners to install scrubber systems on thousands of ships. However, the overall environmental implication...