Berit Gewert

TL;DR: This paper reviews available information about the degradation pathways and chemicals that are formed by degradation of the six plastic types that are most widely used in Europe and extrapolate that information to likely pathways and possible degradation products under environmental conditions found on the oceans' surface.

TL;DR: The effects of microplastic microfarms on the marine environment are well understood in terms of time scales for fragmentation and degradation, the evolution of particle morphology and properties, and hazards of the chemical mixture liberated by weathering as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, a laboratory protocol that simulates the exposure of plastic floating in the marine environment to ultraviolet light (UV) and nontarget analysis to identify degradation products of plastic polymers in water was developed.

TL;DR: The abundance of plastic debris near Stockholm was similar to urban areas in California, USA, and the overall abundance in the Stockholm Archipelago wasSimilar to plastic abundance reported in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea.

TL;DR: In this article, the toxicity of plastic leachates as a function of weathering and polymer type was investigated with Nitocra spinipes and showed that leachate toxicity varied with weathering.