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Table 2 Types of pollutants carried by different types of microplastics

From: Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans

Microplastic

Pollutant

Reference

PA

Benzene derivative

Rehse et al. (2018)

PBAT

Heavy metals

Kedzierski et al. (2018)

PE

Lubrication oil

Haghi and Banaee (2017)

PAH

Oliveira et al. (2013)

Paraquat

Rochman et al. (2013b)

PBDE

Llorca et al. (2018)

PCB

Wang et al. (2015)

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Fisner et al. (2017)

PFOSA

Zhan et al. (2016)

PPCP

Hu et al. (2017)

Triclosan

Frydkjær et al. (2017)

PET

Heavy metals

Rochman et al. (2013a)

PP

Heavy metals

Rochman et al. (2013b)

PAH

Fisner et al. (2017)

PS

Antibiotic

Wen et al. (2018)

Cadmium

Zhang et al. (2019b)

Lubrication oil

Llorca et al. (2018)

PCB

Wang et al. (2015)

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

Guo et al. (2018)

PFOSA

Zhan et al. (2016)

Roxithromycin

Hu et al. (2017)

PVC

17α-Ethinylestradiol

Qu et al. (2018)

Antibiotic

Sleight et al. (2017)

Benzene derivatives

Kedzierski et al. (2018)

Heavy metals

Rochman et al. (2013a)

Odesmethylvelafaxine

Pascall et al. (2005)

PCB

Wu et al. (2016)

PFOSA

Guo et al. (2018)

Phenanthrene

 

Venlafaxine

 

LDPE

Heavy metals

Rochman et al. (2013a)

HDPE

Heavy metals

Holmes et al. (2014)

  1. PBAT polybutylene adipate terephthalate, HDPE high-density polyethylene, PFOSA perfluorooctanesulfonamide, PPCP pharmaceuticals personal care product