Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport
Microplastics are well known for vector transport of hydrophobic organic contaminants, and there are growing concerns regarding their potential adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. However, recent studies focussing on hydrophilic compounds, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care produc...
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| author | Thilakshani Atugoda Meththika Vithanage Hasintha Wijesekara Nanthi Bolan Ajit K. Sarmah Michael S. Bank Siming You Yong Sik Ok |
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| description | Microplastics are well known for vector transport of hydrophobic organic contaminants, and there are growing concerns regarding their potential adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. However, recent studies focussing on hydrophilic compounds, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), have shown that the compounds ability to be adsorbed onto plastic surfaces. The extensive use of PPCPs has led to their ubiquitous presence in the environment resulting in their cooccurrence with microplastics. The partitioning between plastics and PPCPs and their fate through vector transport are determined by various physicochemical characteristics and environmental conditions of specific matrices. Although the sorption capacities of microplastics for different PPCP compounds have been investigated extensively, these findings have not yet been synthesized and analyzed critically. The specific objectives of this review were to synthesize and critically assess the various factors that affect the adsorption of hydrophilic compounds such as PPCPs on microplastic surfaces and their fate and transport in the environment. The review also focuses on environmental factors such as pH, salinity, and dissolved organics, and properties of polymers and PPCP compounds, and the relationships with sorption dynamics and mechanisms. Furthermore, the ecotoxicological effects of PPCP-sorbed microplastics on biota and human health are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-66e713743eed4868941832e08fedfec72022-12-21T23:03:18ZengElsevierEnvironment International0160-41202021-04-01149106367Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transportThilakshani Atugoda0Meththika Vithanage1Hasintha Wijesekara2Nanthi Bolan3Ajit K. Sarmah4Michael S. Bank5Siming You6Yong Sik Ok7Ecosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri LankaEcosphere Resilience Research Center, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda 10250, Sri Lanka; Corresponding authors.Department of Natural Resources, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, Belihuloya 70140, Sri LankaGlobal Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), The University of Newcastle (UON), Callaghan, NSW 2308, AustraliaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New ZealandInstitute of Marine Research, Bergen, NorwayJames Watt School of Engineering, James Watt South Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UKKorea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, South Korea; Corresponding authors.Microplastics are well known for vector transport of hydrophobic organic contaminants, and there are growing concerns regarding their potential adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. However, recent studies focussing on hydrophilic compounds, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), have shown that the compounds ability to be adsorbed onto plastic surfaces. The extensive use of PPCPs has led to their ubiquitous presence in the environment resulting in their cooccurrence with microplastics. The partitioning between plastics and PPCPs and their fate through vector transport are determined by various physicochemical characteristics and environmental conditions of specific matrices. Although the sorption capacities of microplastics for different PPCP compounds have been investigated extensively, these findings have not yet been synthesized and analyzed critically. The specific objectives of this review were to synthesize and critically assess the various factors that affect the adsorption of hydrophilic compounds such as PPCPs on microplastic surfaces and their fate and transport in the environment. The review also focuses on environmental factors such as pH, salinity, and dissolved organics, and properties of polymers and PPCP compounds, and the relationships with sorption dynamics and mechanisms. Furthermore, the ecotoxicological effects of PPCP-sorbed microplastics on biota and human health are also discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020323217MicroplasticPharmaceuticals and personal care productsHydrophilic contaminantEnvironmental contaminationEcotoxicity |
| spellingShingle | Thilakshani Atugoda Meththika Vithanage Hasintha Wijesekara Nanthi Bolan Ajit K. Sarmah Michael S. Bank Siming You Yong Sik Ok Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport Environment International Microplastic Pharmaceuticals and personal care products Hydrophilic contaminant Environmental contamination Ecotoxicity |
| title | Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport |
| title_full | Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport |
| title_fullStr | Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport |
| title_short | Interactions between microplastics, pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Implications for vector transport |
| title_sort | interactions between microplastics pharmaceuticals and personal care products implications for vector transport |
| topic | Microplastic Pharmaceuticals and personal care products Hydrophilic contaminant Environmental contamination Ecotoxicity |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020323217 |
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