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Session
 
EP07B - Plastics: an emerging risk to the marine environment
Date: Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Time:14:00-16:00
Room:Estrel Hall A
 
14:00-14:20
Leaching of halogen free and brominated flame retardants from plastics under different conditions EP07B-1
Brandsma, S.H.;   de Boer, J.;   Krystek, P.;   Clarke, P.;   Patel, P.;   Cusack, P.;   Leonards, P. (Amsterdam, Nederland)
 
14:20-14:40
Use of immunofluorescence technique in cultured fibroblasts from cetaceans as new “in vitro” tool to investigate effects of microplastic EP07B-2
Marsili, L.;   Baini, M.;   Maltese, S. (Presenting author);   Coppola, D.;   Carletti, L.;   Fossi, M.C. (Siena, Italy)
 
14:40-15:00
Relative bioavailability of PCBs associated with microplastic EP07B-3
Beckingham, B.A.;   Ghosh, U. (Tuebingen, Germany)
 
15:00-15:20
Occurence of microplastics in mussels (Mytilus edulis) and lugworms (Arenicola marina) collected along the Belgian-French-Dutch coast EP07B-4
van Cauwenberghe, L.;   Vandegehuchte, M.B.;   Claessens, M.;   Janssen, C.R. (Ghent, Belgium)
 
15:20-15:40
Detection of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in tissue of seabirds ingesting plastics EP07B-5
Takada, H.;   Tanaka, K.;   Yamashita, R.;   Watanuki, Y. (Tokyo, Japan)
 
15:40-16:00
Preliminary results on the potential assumption of microplastics by Mediterranean Fin whale: the use of phthalates as a tracer EP07B-6
Fossi, M.C.;   Guerranti, C.;   Coppola, D.;   Panti, C.;   Giannetti, M.;   Maltese, S.;   Marsili, L.;   Minutoli, R. (Siena, Italy)