Review Paint particle pollution in aquatic environments: Current advances and analytical challenges A.D. Forero-L´ opez a,*,1 , C.V. Colombo a,1 , A.P. Loperena b , N.G. Morales-Pontet a,c , A.C. Ronda a,c , I.L. Lehr b , G.E. De-la-Torre d , M. Ben-Haddad e , T.A. Aragaw f , G. Suaria g , G.N. Rimondino h , F.E. Malanca h , S.E. Bott´e a,c a Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET/UNS, CCT-Bahía Blanca, Camino La Carrindanga, km 7.5, Edificio E1, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires B8000FWB, Argentina b Instituto de Ingeniería Electroquímica y Corrosi´on (INIEC), Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, Bahía Blanca 8000, Argentina c Departamento de Biología, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Av. Alem 1253, Bahía Blanca 8000, Argentina d Grupo de Investigaci´ on de Biodiversidad, Medio Ambiente y Sociedad, Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Lima, Peru e Laboratory of Aquatic Systems: Marine and Continental Environments (AQUAMAR), Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco f Faculty of Chemical and Food Engineering, Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia g Institute of Marine Sciences – National Research Council (CNR-ISMAR), Lerici, La Spezia 19032, Italy h Instituto de Investigaciones en Fisicoquímica de C´ordoba (INFIQC), Departamento de Fisicoquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Universidad Nacional de C´ordoba, Ciudad Universitaria, C´ordoba X5000HUA, Argentina Abbreviations: AOP, advanced oxidation process; APs, antifouling paints; APPs, anticorrosive and antifouling paint particles; AnPs, anticorrosive paints; ATR-FTIR, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; CEPE, European Association of Coatings Manufacturers; DCOIT, 4,5-dichloro-2-octyl-3-iso- thiazolone; DGEBA, diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A; d.w., dry weight; EDX, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; HMs, heavy metals; ICP-OES, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry; LC-ESI-MS/MS, liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry; MDs, microdebris; MeNPs, binder- metal-nanoparticles; MesPs, mesoplastics; MIC, microbially influenced corrosion; MPs, microplastics; PNPs, nanoplastics; NPs, nanoparticles; OTCs, organotin compounds; PAHs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; PHB, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate); POPs, persistent organic pollutants; PPs, paint particle; SEM, scanning electron microscopy; SP-ICP-MS, single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; STEAM, Ship Traffic Emission Assessment Model; SSES, Santos-S˜ao Vicente Estuarine System; TDI, toluene diisocyanate; TBT, tributyltin; TETA, triethylenetetramine; UV, ultraviolet; VES, Vitoria Estuarine System; VOC, volatile organic compounds; w.w., wet weight; XPS, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; XRD, X-ray diffraction; XRF, X-ray fluorescence; μ-FTIR, micro Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; MF, melamine-formaldehyde resin; PAA, polyacrylic acid; PA, polyamide; PAN, polyacrylonitrile; PF, phenol formaldehyde resins; PMMA, poly(methyl methacrylate); PUR, polyurethane; PVA, polyvinyl acetate; PVC, polyvinyl chloride; UF, urea-formaldehyde resin. * Correspondence to: Instituto Argentino de Oceanografía (IADO), CONICET/UNS, CCT-BB Camino La Carrindanga, km 7.5, Edificio E1, Pcia. de Bs. As., Bahía Blanca B8000FWB, Argentina. E-mail address: aforero@iado-conicet.gob.ar (A.D. Forero-L´ opez). 1 Both authors equally contributed to this manuscript. Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Hazardous Materials journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jhazmat https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135744 Journal of Hazardous Materials 480 (2024) 135744 Available online 7 September 2024 0304-3894/© 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.