2014
DOI: 10.31357/jtfe.v4i1.1819
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Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in beached plastic pellets from Mumbai coast, India

Abstract: PAHs are a class of ubiquitous pollutants which consist of two or more fused benzene rings in various arrangements. A number of PAH compounds are known carcinogens and bioaccumulate and biomagnify. These compounds originate naturally as well as anthropogenically through oil spills, incineration of waste and combustion of fossil fuels and wood. The environmental consequence of plastic pellets is the sorption of organic pollutants on their surface from the sea surface microlayer (SML) where the hydrophobic conta… Show more

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