Mobilisation kinetics of hazardous elements in marine plastics subject to an avian physiologically-based extraction test

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 236; pp. 1020 - 1026
• Main Author: Turner, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Animals; antimony; arsenic; Avian bioaccessibility; barium; beaches; Birds - metabolism; Brominated flame retardants; bromination; bromine; cadmium; chromium; Digestive System - metabolism; England; Hazardous Substances - metabolism; Heavy metals; Kinetics; lead; mercury; Metals; Microplastics; Mobilisation kinetics; plastics; Plastics - metabolism; polypropylenes; polystyrenes; Polystyrenes - analysis; seabirds; spectroscopy; toxic substances; England; Avian bioaccessibility; Microplastics; Brominated flame retardants; Heavy metals; Mobilisation kinetics

Samples of plastic collected from two beaches in southwest England (n = 185) have been analysed by XRF spectrometry for elements that are hazardous or restricted in synthetic polymers (namely, As, Ba, Br, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Sb and Se). Overall, one or more restricted element was detected in 151 samples...