Organic chemical pollutants associated with microplastic (MP) may represent an alternative exposure route for these chemicals to marine biota. However, the bioavailability of MP-sorbed organic pollutants under conditions where co-exposure occurs from the same compounds dissolved in the water phase h...

Alkyl-substituted PAHs are more abundant than their parent analogues in crude oil, and they can also be more toxic and bioaccumulate to a higher degree following oil exposure. Although PAH metabolization in organisms is considered a "detoxifying" mechanism, metabolites are occasionally fou...

For the NFR Arctic Ecosense project, SINTEF Ocean has provided sample extraction and analysis of an extended suite of PAHs and alkyl PAHs in a set of water samples. This report details the analysis and results....

For the MIKON Polar Cod experiments, SINTEF Ocean has provided sample handling protocol recommendations, extraction, and analysis of two PAH metabolites in bile from polar cod (females and males) exposed to crude oil in the water phase, with a combination of two diet regimes (low and high)....

Synthetic polymer-based materials are ubiquitous in aquatic environments, where weathering processes lead to their progressive fragmentation and the leaching of additive chemicals. The current study assessed the chemical content of freshwater and marine leachates produced from car tire rubber (CTR),...