期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 56, 期 20, 页码 14627-14639出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03608
关键词
Plastics; Chemical additives; Nontargeted analysis; PPAR?; Organotin
资金
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Canada Foundation for Innovation
- Ontario Research Fund
- NSERC Research Tools and Instrument Grant
Increases in global plastic use have raised concerns about potential adverse effects on human health. This study identified chemical additives responsible for toxicity in plastics, with phthalates and organophosphates found to be dominant in PVC pellets, while organotins were identified as the primary drivers of toxicity induced by PVC pipe extracts.
Increases in the global use of plastics have caused concerns regarding potential adverse effects on human health. Plastic products contain hundreds of potentially toxic chemical additives, yet the exact chemicals which drive toxicity currently remain unknown. In this study, we employed nontargeted analysis and in vitro bioassays to identify the toxicity drivers in plastics. A total of 56 chemical additives were tentatively identified in five commonly used plastic polymer pellets (i.e., PP, LDPE, HDPE, PET, and PVC) by employing suspect screening and nontargeted analysis. Phthalates and organophosphates were found to be dominant in PVC pellets. Triphenyl phosphate and 2-ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate accounted for a high amount (53.6%) of the inhibition effect of PVC pellet extract on human carboxylesterase 1 (hCES1) activity. Inspired by the high abundances of chemical additives in PVC pellets, six different end-user PVC-based products including three widely used PVC water pipes were further examined. Among them, extracts of PVC pipe exerted the strongest PPAR gamma activity and cell viability suppression. Organotins were identified as the primary drivers to these in vitro toxicities induced by the PVC pipe extracts. This study clearly delineates specific chemical additives responsible for hCES1 inhibition, PPAR gamma activity, and cell viability suppression associated with plastic.
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