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A Comparison of Methodologies for Quantifying Microplastics in Soil

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America 2025
Sadie Levi-Price, Patricia Cichon, Naomi Groves, Naomi Groves, Russell Losco, Tim Arnold

Summary

Researchers compared different laboratory methods for detecting and quantifying microplastics in soil, finding that methodology choices significantly affect the results obtained. Standardizing these techniques is important for producing consistent, comparable data to understand how much microplastic contamination exists in agricultural and terrestrial environments.

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