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Microplastic Presence in Commercial Sea Salt: Sampling and Quantification Challenges

2024
Cristina Di Fiore, Maria Pia Sammartino, Cristina Giannattasio, Pasquale Avino, Giovanni Visco

Summary

Researchers quantified microplastic presence in commercially available sea salt from multiple countries, encountering significant challenges in sampling protocols and analytical detection limits that complicated comparisons between studies. The authors propose standardized sampling and extraction methods to improve reproducibility in sea salt microplastic research.

Introduction: The presence of microplastics in sea salt has become an issue of a public concern due to the potential negative effects that microplastics could have on human health [...]

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