Microplastics in ballast water as an emerging source and vector for harmful chemicals, antibiotics, metals, bacterial pathogens and HAB species: A potential risk to the marine environment and human health.
Mar Pollut Bull
; 149: 110525, 2019 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-31470206
ABSTRACT
Microplastic pollution in marine waters around the globe is increasing exponentially. This is the first comprehensive review which focuses on microplastics as a source and vector for metals, antibiotics, toxic chemicals, pathogenic bacteria (Vibrio cholerae), and Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB)-forming dinoflagellates across the continents through ballast water. Microplastics in ballast waters serve as 'hotspots' for the development and spread of multiple drug-resistant human pathogens through co-selection mechanisms. Microplastic inoculation at distant countries through ballast water may pose a serious threat to human health due to higher incidences of bacterial disease outbreaks and HABs. The 2017 ballast water management convention lacks a provision for on-board treatment of microplastic-contaminated ballast water. We conclude that there is a pressing need to include microplastics in the ballast water management convention as a hazardous material. Efficient on-board ballast water treatment strategies and effective limits for microplastics in ballast waters need to be developed.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Navios
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Proliferação Nociva de Algas
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Microplásticos
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Metais
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Antibacterianos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Humans
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En
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Mar Pollut Bull
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article