Figure 2
From: Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress
Body burden of Oryzias latipes after the 1- and 2-month exposure.
Bar graphs show mean concentrations (ng/g lipid + s.e.m) of total PAHs (left), PCBs (middle) and PBDEs (right) in fish tissue (n = 3) after one (top) and two (bottom) months of exposure. White bars represent the negative control (NC), bars with diagonal lines represent the virgin-plastic (VP) and black bars represent the marine-plastic (MP) treatment. A 2-factor ANOVA showed no significant differences between treatments for total PAHs, PCBs or PBDEs after 1 month and for total PAHs and PCBs after 2 months, but showed a significant difference (P = 0.0003) between treatments for total PBDEs after 2 months. A post-hoc SNK distinguished the marine-plastic having greater concentrations than the virgin-plastic and control treatment.
