Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North
Plastic pollution (including microplastics) has been reported in a variety of biotic and abiotic compartments across the circumpolar Arctic. Due to their environmental ubiquity, there is a need to understand not only the fate and transport of physical plastic particles, but also the fate and transpo...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:dbc79e402f81434fba885dcfaf384904 2023-05-15T14:21:24+02:00 Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North Bonnie M. Hamilton Julia E. Baak Katrin Vorkamp Sjúrður Hammer Maria Granberg Dorte Herzke Jennifer F. Provencher 2022-08-01 https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0055 https://doaj.org/article/dbc79e402f81434fba885dcfaf384904 en fr eng fre Canadian Science Publishing doi:10.1139/as-2021-0055 2368-7460 https://doaj.org/article/dbc79e402f81434fba885dcfaf384904 undefined Arctic Science (2022) chemical contaminants plastic additives fate and transport monitoring envir geo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2022 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0055 2023-01-22T19:11:24Z Plastic pollution (including microplastics) has been reported in a variety of biotic and abiotic compartments across the circumpolar Arctic. Due to their environmental ubiquity, there is a need to understand not only the fate and transport of physical plastic particles, but also the fate and transport of additive chemicals associated with plastic pollution. Further, there is a fundamental research gap in understanding long-range transport of chemical additives to the Arctic via plastics as well as their behavior under environmentally relevant Arctic conditions. Here, we comment on the state of the science of plastic as carriers of chemical additives to the Arctic, and highlight research priorities going forward. We suggest further research on the transport pathways of chemical additives via plastics from both distant and local sources and laboratory experiments to investigate chemical behavior of plastic additives under Arctic conditions, including leaching, uptake, and bioaccumulation. Ultimately, chemical additives need to be included in strategic monitoring efforts to fully understand the contaminant burden of plastic pollution in Arctic ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Unknown Arctic Arctic Science |
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Plastic pollution (including microplastics) has been reported in a variety of biotic and abiotic compartments across the circumpolar Arctic. Due to their environmental ubiquity, there is a need to understand not only the fate and transport of physical plastic particles, but also the fate and transport of additive chemicals associated with plastic pollution. Further, there is a fundamental research gap in understanding long-range transport of chemical additives to the Arctic via plastics as well as their behavior under environmentally relevant Arctic conditions. Here, we comment on the state of the science of plastic as carriers of chemical additives to the Arctic, and highlight research priorities going forward. We suggest further research on the transport pathways of chemical additives via plastics from both distant and local sources and laboratory experiments to investigate chemical behavior of plastic additives under Arctic conditions, including leaching, uptake, and bioaccumulation. Ultimately, chemical additives need to be included in strategic monitoring efforts to fully understand the contaminant burden of plastic pollution in Arctic ecosystems. |
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Bonnie M. Hamilton Julia E. Baak Katrin Vorkamp Sjúrður Hammer Maria Granberg Dorte Herzke Jennifer F. Provencher |
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Bonnie M. Hamilton Julia E. Baak Katrin Vorkamp Sjúrður Hammer Maria Granberg Dorte Herzke Jennifer F. Provencher |
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Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North |
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Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North |
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Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North |
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Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North |
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Plastics as a carrier of chemical additives to the Arctic: possibilities for strategic monitoring across the circumpolar North |
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