Plastic resin pellets as a transport medium for toxic chemicals in the marine environment.

Y, Mato; T, Isobe; H, Takada; H, Kanehiro; C, Ohtake; T, Kaminuma

doi:10.1021/es0010498

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Plastic resin pellets as a transport medium for toxic chemicals in the marine environment.

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Authors:

Mato Y

Isobe T

Takada H

Abstract

Plastic resin pellets (small granules 0.1-0.5 centimeters in diameter) are widely distributed in the ocean all over the world. They are an industrial raw material for the plastic industry and are unintentionally released to the environment both during manufacturing and transport. They are sometimes ...

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