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Collection and Separation of Microplastics

2020 4 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
João Pinto da Costa, Armando C. Duarte, Mônica F. Costa

Summary

Researchers reviewed current methods for collecting and separating microplastics from environmental samples, highlighting that the lack of standardized sampling and monitoring protocols makes it difficult to accurately measure how widespread microplastic contamination truly is.

Highly ubiquitous, microplastics are found throughout all spheres of the environment. However, their exact prevalence and mechanisms of distribution remain largely unknown and inaccurate, as standardized sampling and monitoring methods are needed. Multiple methods...

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