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Replicating real-world microplastics with accelerated physicochemical ageing
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
2024
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Phuping Sucharitakul
Summary
Researchers developed methods to artificially age microplastics in the lab so they accurately replicate the physicochemical properties of microplastics found in real-world environments. Environmentally realistic aged microplastics are essential for generating reliable toxicology data, since fresh plastic particles behave differently than weathered ones that organisms actually encounter.
Phuping Sucharitakul explains how artificially aged microplastics can accurately reproduce the properties of microplastics in the environment.