Optimising sample preparation for FTIR-based microplastic analysis in wastewater and sludge samples: multiple digestions.

ABSTRACT: The lack of standardised methodologies in microplastic research has been addressed in recent years as it hampers the comparison of results across studies. The quantification of microplastics in the environment is key to the assessment of the potential eco-toxicological impacts that this new category of emerging pollutants could have on terrestrial and aquatic species. Therefore, the need for protocols that are robust, simple and reliable together with their standardisation are of crucial importance. This study has focused on removal of organic matter with Fenton reagent from wastewater and sludge samples. This step of analysis was optimised by implementing a multi-digestion treatment on these samples that have high concentration of complex mixtures of organic matter, which interfere with m

SUBMITTER: Cunsolo S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8141486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature