. "The dust-sized plastic particles attract and stick to ???persistent organic pollutants??? (or POPs), such as DDT, DDE, PCBs and other chemicals that wind up in the ocean as pollution. ???Because [plastic is] a petroleum product, it attracts other petroleum products, such as DDT and its breakdown products, and other unknown carcinogens [and] fertilizers???really nasty chemicals that end up in the o" . . . .