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High-resolution TD-PTR-MS as a novel analytical technique for nanoplastic detection– quantification in high-altitude glacial snow samples
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Researchers used high-resolution thermal desorption proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry as a novel method to detect and quantify nanoplastics in snow samples collected from high-altitude sites on the Haute Route mountaineering route between France and Switzerland. The method successfully identified nanoplastic signatures in remote glacial snow, confirming atmospheric transport of nanoplastics to high-elevation environments.
High-resolution TD-PTR-MS as a novel analytical technique for nanoplastic detection – quantification in high-altitude glacial snow samplesMilena Latz1, Alasdair J Gill2, Robin Milner2, Dušan Materić11Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig/DE2www.high-level-route.comOn the Haute Route – a known 19th century mountaineering route from Chamonix (France) to Zermatt (Switzerland), snow samples were taken on high-altitude glacial levels (2364-3734 m). Analyzing samples from less travelled areas allows for a general picture of current effects of human-made plastic pollution beyond our urban scope. In these remote regions, environmental pollution is mainly airborne and distributed via winds. In this case, especially small plastic particles of sizes
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