Although plastics are widely used polymers in our daily life as a blessing, however due to the lack of proper waste management system, every year million tons of plastic wastes get generated in the environment.
Plastic Pollution Our waste such as plastic and contaminated water makes its way to the ocean. There, it has a devastating effect on marine life. “5.25 trillion plastic particles weighing some 269,000 tons are floating on the surface of the sea” (Seltenrich). In Seltenrich’s article, “...
Due to human activities, a huge mass of plastic waste is annually produced and finally imported into the global marine environment (for example, via river input). For this reason, there has been more than 5 trillion plastic debris with over 250,000 tons floating in the global oceans (Eriksen...
Production of synthetic plastic obtained from fossil fuels are considered as a constantly growing problem and lack in the management of plastic waste has led to severe microplastic pollution in the aquatic ecosystem. Plastic particles less than 5mm are termed as microplastics (MPs), these are pervasi...
(1.CollegeofMarineLifeSciences,OceanUniversityofChina,Qingdao266003,China; 2.HaoboheSewageTratmentPlantofQingdao,Qingdao266021,China) 关键词:多溴联苯醚;生物蓄积;毒性效应;机制;海洋 Keywords:Polybrominateddiphenylethers;Bioaccumulation;Toxiceffects;Mechanism;Ocean 中图分类号:X171.5文献标识码:A文章编号:1000-320...
Moreover, plastic additives are not covalently bound to carbon chains and can leach into aquatic environments such as seawater, potentially impacting marine biota, though the extent of these effects is not yet fully understood. To evaluate the leaching behaviour in seawater of plastic additives from...
(1.CollegeofMarineLifeSciences,OceanUniversityofChina,Qingdao266003,China; 2.HaoboheSewageTratmentPlantofQingdao,Qingdao266021,China) 关键词:多溴联苯醚;生物蓄积;毒性效应;机制;海洋 Keywords:Polybrominateddiphenylethers;Bioaccumulation;Toxiceffects;Mechanism;Ocean 中图分类号:X171.5文献标识码:A文章编号:1000-320...
Chapter 4 Deleterious Effects of Litter on Marine Life Susanne Kühn, Elisa L. Bravo Rebolledo and Jan A. van Franeker Abstract In this review we report new findings concerning interaction between marine debris and wildlife. Deleterious effects and consequences of entangle- ment, consumption and...
Since the 1950s the number of plastics in the marine environment has increased dramatically. It is estimated that between 4.8 and 12.7 million tons of land-based plastic waste end up in the ocean every year. The total negative impact on oceans has been estimated at approx. $8 billion per ...
Polypropylene and polystyrene were chosen as they are two of the most common types of plastic produced and found in the marine environment and the only two types of plastic that can be purchased as sterile identical rods. After the 24-h incubation, each rod was removed and washed 3× in ...