期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 670, 期 -, 页码 672-684出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.216
关键词
Organic contaminants; Beached plastics distribution; Current-use pesticides; PCPs; PAHs; Sea-littoral transfer
资金
- Spanish Inter-Ministerial Science and Technology Commission (CICYT) through the 'IMPACTA' [CTM2013-48194-C3-1-R, CTM2013-48194-C3-2-R]
- Spanish Inter-Ministerial Science and Technology Commission (CICYT) through the 'BASEMAN' [PCIN-2015-170-C02-01, PCIN-2015-170-C02-02]
- European Union through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
In this study the role of plastic debris as a pollution vector has been evaluated by determining the concentrations of hydrophobic organic contaminants in polymers from three Western Mediterranean coastal areas as well as their potential transfer to seawater. Plastic debris was sampled at three Iberian Peninsula Southeastern beaches, each affected by different predominant anthropogenic activities (tourism. agriculture, urban activities, transport and industry). Plastic debris was characterized by attenuated total reflection Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry. The organic contaminants were extracted from plastics by ultrasonic extraction with methanol and quantified by stir bar sorptive extraction coupled to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). In two areas, the desorption of these contaminants from plastic debris to seawater during 24 h was also evaluated. The contaminant groups considered in this study (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), personal care products (PCPs), current use pesticides (CUPs), organochlorinated compounds (OCPs, including polychlorinated bi-phenyls and organochlorinated pesticides) and plastic additives were found in polymers from the three areas. The most abundant contaminants were plastic additives and PCPs. underlining the relevance of the leaching of plastic components, and urban and tourism activities as typical pollution sources in the coastal areas. In general. large piece-to-piece variability was found for all polymers and areas mainly as a consequence of their different origin, exposition time, use and surface-to-volume ratio.This fact difficulted the visualization of significant differences between polymers or areas, but for CUPs, whose concentrations were significantly higher in Cape Cope than in the other areas due to the influence of close agricultural activities. PCPs and CUPs were desorbed partially in seawater for 24 h, particularly the most hydrophilic compounds such as triazines and other CUPs. However, a significant fraction of other contaminants (mainly PAHs) was retained, which suggests they can be transported far away from their origin. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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