Antifouling paint particles (APP) are generated during the maintenance of boats and are
shed from abandoned structures and grounded ships. Although they afford a highly visible …

Antifouling paint residues collected from the hard-standings of a marine leisure boat facility
have been chemically characterised. Scanning electron microscopy revealed distinct layers …

Current regulatory risk assessment procedures only assess the impact of antifouling paint
biocides that are released through leaching from a painted surface. Hull cleaning activities …

Because paint particles consist of a resin (polymer) combined with one or more additives,
they bear compositional similarities with microplastics. Despite these shared characteristics …

Biocide-containing anti-fouling paints are regulated and approved according to the added
active ingredients, such as Cu. Biocide-free paints are considered to be less …

Antifouling paint particles (APPs) are generated during periodical maintenance of boat hulls.
Chemical composition and toxicity (either chronic or acute) of APPs found in the sediment …

Antifouling paint particles (APPs) and associated metals have been identified in sediments
around boatyards and marinas globally, but the effects of APPs on benthic organisms are …

Concentrations of Cu, Pb, Sn and Zn have been determined in sediment (< 500μm) and
macroscopic paint particles (> 500μm) retrieved from sections of two cores collected from a …

Leachates of anti-fouling paints for use on ships and leisure boats are examined for their
ecotoxicological potential. Paint leachates were produced in both 7‰ artificial (ASW) and …

Organic booster biocides were recently introduced as alternatives to organotin compounds
in antifouling products, after restrictions imposed on the use of tributyltin (TBT) in 1987 …