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Adil Bakir
Researcher at University of Portsmouth
Publications - 24
Citations - 4012
Adil Bakir is an academic researcher from University of Portsmouth. The author has contributed to research in topics: Microplastics & Sorption. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 20 publications receiving 2602 citations. Previous affiliations of Adil Bakir include Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science & University of Plymouth.
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Microplastic as a Vector for Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment: Critical Review and Model-Supported Reinterpretation of Empirical Studies
TL;DR: Overall the flux of HOCs bioaccumulated from natural prey overwhelms the flux from ingested microplastics for most habitats, which implies that microplastic ingestion is not likely to increase the exposure to and thus risks of H OCs in the marine environment.
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Enhanced desorption of persistent organic pollutants from microplastics under simulated physiological conditions.
TL;DR: Of the POP/plastic combinations examined Phe with PE gave the highest potential for transport to organisms, and desorption under gut conditions could be up to 30 times greater than in seawater alone.
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Characterisation, quantity and sorptive properties of microplastics extracted from cosmetics.
TL;DR: It is estimated that between 4594 and 94,500 microbeads could be released in a single use and cosmetic exfoliants are a potentially important, yet preventable source of microplastic contamination in the marine environment.
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Competitive sorption of persistent organic pollutants onto microplastics in the marine environment.
TL;DR: It was showed that in a bi-solute system, DDT exhibited no significantly different sorption behaviour than in single solute systems, but DDT did appear to interfere with the sorption of Phe onto plastic, indicating an antagonistic effect.
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Transport of persistent organic pollutants by microplastics in estuarine conditions
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of salinity sorption equilibrium kinetics on the distribution coefficients (Kd) of phenanthrene (Phe) and 4,4′-DDT, onto polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and onto polyethylene (PE) were investigated.