Risk assessment of harmful types of plastics in the marine environment

Patrik Fauser; Lis Bach; Anders Egede Daugaard; Jes Vollertsen; Fionn Murphy; Marja Koski; Asbjørn Christensen; Thorbjørn Joest Andersen; Janeck James Scott-Fordsmand; Jakob Strand

Risk assessment of harmful types of plastics in the marine environment

Patrik Fauser, Lis Bach, Anders Egede Daugaard, Jes Vollertsen, Fionn Murphy, Marja Koski, Asbjørn Christensen, Thorbjørn Joest Andersen, Janeck James Scott-Fordsmand, Jakob Strand

Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Rapport › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

This report presents the results of a risk assessment of residual chemical additives, monomers and degradation products present in microplastic (MP) particles in the marine environment. Seven cases of different polymer types and product groups are defined that represent the most significant exposures of MPs, and thus potential highrisk cases towards marine organisms. Risk Quotients (RQ) are calculated for three trophic levels, i.e. pelagic/planktonic zooplankton: copepod, benthopelagic fish: atlantic cod and seabird: northern fulmar. Danish Miljøkvalitetskrav (MKK) and European Environmental Quality Standard (EQS) values are used as toxicity threshold values. RQ larger than unity, which indicates potential risk, is estimated for copepod and cod (pelagic community) and the flame-retardant pentabromdiphenylether (PeBDE) used in polyurethane (PUR), the biocide tributyltin (TBT) used in polyvinylchloride (PVC) and PUR, and the flame-retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) used in expanded polystyrene (EPS). The highest estimated RQ for fulmar (secondary poisoning) is 0.1 for PeBDE used in PUR.

Originalsprog	Engelsk

Udgivelsessted	Aarhus
Forlag	Aarhus University, DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy
Antal sider	74
ISBN (Trykt)	978-87-7156-418-1
Status	Udgivet - 2019

Navn	Scientific Report from DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy
Nummer	329
ISSN	2245-0203

Adgang til dokumentet

http://dce2.au.dk/pub/SR329.pdf

Citationsformater

Fauser, P., Bach, L., Daugaard, A. E., Vollertsen, J., Murphy, F., Koski, M., Christensen, A., Joest Andersen, T., Scott-Fordsmand, J. J., & Strand, J. (2019). Risk assessment of harmful types of plastics in the marine environment. Aarhus University, DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. Scientific Report from DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy Nr. 329 http://dce2.au.dk/pub/SR329.pdf

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Risk assessment of harmful types of plastics in the marine environment. / Fauser, Patrik ; Bach, Lis; Daugaard, Anders Egede et al.
Aarhus: Aarhus University, DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, 2019. 74 s. (Scientific Report from DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy; Nr. 329).

Publikation: Bog/antologi/afhandling/rapport › Rapport › Forskning › peer review

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