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Title: Organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics: Analytical methodologies and occurrence in oceans
Authors: Santana Viera, Sergio 
Montesdeoca Esponda, Sarah 
Guedes Alonso, Rayco 
Sosa Ferrera, María Zoraida 
Santana Rodríguez, José Juan 
UNESCO Clasification: 2391 Química ambiental
2301 química analítica
Keywords: Microplastics
Organic pollutants
Extraction
Ocean
Issue Date: 2021
Project: Evaluación del impacto de microplásticos y contaminantes emergentes en las costas de la Macaronesia 
Journal: Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry 
Abstract: The massive use of plastics in several products has generated microplastic debris worldwide. Besides their negative effect on marine organisms by ingestion, microplastics are a contamination vector due to their capacity to transport organic pollutants around our planet. To evaluate the magnitude of this issue, it is necessary to know what kinds of contaminants are adsorbed on microplastics, as well as their concentrations. In order to assess the adsorption and desorption of pollutants from microplastics, effective and reliable extraction procedures are required. In this overview, literature reports, in which extraction, separation and determination methods have been applied to analyse the organic pollutants adsorbed on microplastics, are revised and discussed. Furthermore, the worldwide occurrence of organic compounds found on microplastics in oceans is reviewed and the results obtained from different geographical areas and their global distribution trends are compared. Priority organic pollutants, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, hexachlorocyclohexanes, polychlorinated benzenes, perfluoroalkyl substances or bisphenol analogues, have been widely found on microplastic samples. Future research that focuses on different kinds of emerging pollutants is required.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/77084
ISSN: 2214-1588
DOI: 10.1016/j.teac.2021.e00114
Source: Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry [ISSN 2214-1588], v. 29, e00114 (Marzo 2021)
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