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How to Control the Airborne Contamination in Laboratory Analyses of Microplastics?

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 2022 15 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Bianca Oliveira Paiva, Ana Karolyna Maia de Oliveira, Petrucia Lira Soares, Alexandre Ramlo Torre Palma, Ana Lúcia Vendel

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Researchers investigated airborne fiber contamination in microplastic laboratory analyses and developed an Airborne Contamination Control Protocol (ACC Protocol), finding that microfibers can be significantly overestimated in fish gastrointestinal tracts and surface water samples without proper contamination controls.

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HIGHLIGHTS The contamination of blanks by airborne fibers in the lab was investigated. Microfibers could be overestimated in fish’s gastrointestinal tract and surface water. We tested and approved an Airborne Contamination Control Protocol (ACC Protocol).

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