Journal
MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN
Volume 169, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112561
Keywords
Microplastics; PAHs; Half-life; Nitrate; Indirect photolysis
Funding
- Nakatuji Foresight Foundation Research Grant
- JSPS KAKENHI Grant [21K17905]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21K17905] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This study investigated the photolysis of PAHs on microplastics under sunlight conditions, revealing that the half-life values were significantly longer than those in the aqueous phase. Additionally, degradation of PAHs by OH radicals produced from the photolysis of nitrate was observed.
Contaminants adsorbed on microplastics (MPs) are a potential risk to aquatic environments. Several studies have demonstrated that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which adsorb on MPs, can be photolyzed in aqueous solutions. We investigated photolysis of PAHs on MPs under sunlight conditions to estimate their environmental fate for the first time. The PAHs (25 ng each) were added to polyethylene powder, which was used as the MP sample. The MP sample was agitated in water with sunlight irradiation; thereafter, the concentration of the PAHs on the MP sample was determined by high-pressure liquid chromatography with a fluorescence detector. The half-life values of the PAHs were estimated between 3.4 x 102 (pyrene) and 3.2 x 104 min (benz[j] fluoranthene). These values are 0.5 (fluoranthene) to 25 (benzo[a]pyrene) times larger than those in the aqueous phase. Additionally, the degradation of PAHs by OH radicals produced by the photolysis of nitrate was observed.
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