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Solid-Liquid-Liquid Microextraction (µSLLE) for Determining Persistent Pollutants at Marine Microplastics

Springer water 2020
Yusbeli García Sánchez, Lionel Hernández Santana, Bárbara Abaroa Pérez, Daura Vega-Moreno

Summary

Researchers developed a micro solid-liquid-liquid extraction technique to detect persistent organic pollutants adsorbed onto marine microplastics, offering a more sensitive method to measure how these particles accumulate and transport toxic chemicals through ocean ecosystems.

Study Type Environmental

Persistant organic pollutants (POPs) enter to the ocean through the air-ocean interface, or from coastal inputs, especially in the mouths of rivers and gorges [1]. Their stability and persistence, on top of their pervasiveness from man-made pollution, means that POPs...

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