RT Report
T1 GESAMP: Organosilicons in the Marine Environment
A1 Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution, 
K1 marine environment
K1 marine ecosystem
K1 environmental aspect
K1 sea level
K1 environmentally hazardous substance
K1 toxicology
YR 1986
FD 1986
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31462
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31462
NO This report reviews the environmental behaviour and health implications of commercially significant organosilicon compounds entering the marine environment. It reproduces the substantive part of the report prepared by the Working Group on the Review of Harmful Substances and approved by the sixteenth session of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution held in London in March 1986. Using the established methodology of earlier reviews, the document evaluates silanes and siloxanes with regard to their sources, production, and pathways of contamination, particularly releases associated with product use and wastewater. It analyses transport, transformation and bioaccumulation in seawater, sediments and marine organisms, and reviews experimental evidence on effects on marine biota and toxicological data relevant to human exposure.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026