New techniques for the detection of microplastics in sediments and field collected organisms.

By M. Claessens, L. Van Cauwenberghe, Michiel Vandegehuchte, Colin R. Janssen. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2013

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Subfields: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution

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Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants. (2016, methodology): “This was performed by sparging 5 L of influent for 4 h in a large beaker (Claessens et al., 2013).”
Sampling, Isolating and Identifying Microplastics Ingested by Fish and Invertebrates * (2017, positive): “…‘overnight’ given as 12 h; ‘room temperature’ given as 20 C Treatment Exposure Organism Author HNO3 (22.5 M) 20 C (12 h) + 100 C (2 h) Blue mussels Claessens et al. (2013) 51 HNO3 (22.5 M) 20 C (12 h) + 100 C (2 h) Blue mussels oysters Van Cauwenberghe & Jansen (2014) 54 HNO3 (22.5 M) 20 C…”
Microplastic pollution in deep-sea sediments. (2013, methodology): “The fraction remaining on the 35 mm sieve was used for a further extraction based on density flotation using sodium iodide (density: 1.6 g cm 3), as described in Claessens et al. (2013).”
Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review on occurrence, environmental effects, and methods for microplastics detection. (2017, background): “For example, elutriation can effectively isolate microplastics from marine sediments (Claessens et al., 2013).”
Quality assessment of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): comparison between commercial and wild types. (2014, positive): “All laboratory glassware was cleaned with acetone and filtered type 1 water before use, as recommended by Claessens et al. (2013).”
Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects (2016, neutral): “7 g/cm3) [6, 26–29].”
Extraction of microplastic from biota: recommended acidic digestion destroys common plastic polymers (2017, methodology): “Various approaches have been developed including: enzymes (Cole et al., 2014); bases such as sodium hydroxide (NaOH; Claessens et al., 2013; Cole et al., 2014) or potassium hydroxide (KOH; Foekema et al., 2013); alkaline cleaning agents (Strand and Tairova, 2015); concentrated acids such as nitric…”