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Leaching kinetics and bioaccumulation potential of additive-derived organophosphate esters in microplastics.
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Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) [Environ Pollut] 2024 Apr 15; Vol. 347, pp. 123671. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 03. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Considerable research has been conducted to evaluate microplastics (MPs) as vehicles for the transfer of hazardous pollutants in organisms. However, little effort has been devoted to the chemical release of hazardous additive-derived pollutants from MPs in gut simulations. This study looked at the leaching kinetics of organophosphate esters (OPFRs) from polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) MPs in the presence of gut surfactants, specifically sodium taurocholate, at two biologically relevant temperatures for marine organisms. Diffusion coefficients of OPFRs ranged from 1.71 × 10 <superscript>-20</superscript> to 4.04 × 10 <superscript>-18</superscript>  m <superscript>2</superscript>  s <superscript>-1</superscript> in PP and 2.91 × 10 <superscript>-18</superscript> to 1.51 × 10 <superscript>-15</superscript>  m <superscript>2</superscript>  s <superscript>-1</superscript> in PS. The accumulation factors for OPFRs in biota-plastic and biota-sediment interactions ranged from 1.52 × 10 <superscript>-3</superscript> -69.1 and 0.02-0.7, respectively. Based on B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) calculations, the biodynamic model analysis revealed a slight increase in the bioaccumulation of OPFRs at a minor dose of 0.05% MPs. However, at higher concentrations (0.5% and 5% MPs), there was a decrease in bioaccumulation compared to the lower concentration for most OPFR compounds. In general, the ingestion of PE MPs notably contributed to the bioaccumulation of OPFRs in lugworms, whereas the contribution of PP and PS MPs was minimal. This could vary among sites exhibiting varying levels of MP concentrations or MPs displaying stronger affinities towards chemicals.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-6424
- Volume :
- 347
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38442824
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123671