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Bum Gun Kwon1, Seon-Yong Chung2, Katsuhiko Saido3
1Department of Bioenvironmental and Chemical Engineering, Chosun College of Science and Technology, 309-1, Pilmundae-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61453, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
Bisphenol A (BPA) poses a serious environmental threat and health concern. This study presents the global monitoring of BPA on oceanic sandy beaches. According to monitoring results, many beach sands contain a harmful concentrations of BPA. Likewise, styrene oligomers (SOs), anthropogenic chemicals derived from polystyrene plastics, show similar concentrations as BPA. This study shows a strong, positive correlation between BPA and SOs. The results indicate that probably BPA-containing materials including micro- and nano-plastics can be an important source of BPA to the sand beaches. Therefore, BPA presents potential health risks to people spending considerable time on the beach.
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