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Self-contamination from clothing in microplastics research
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety2019
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Alessandra Cincinelli
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Stephan Pflugmacher,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Heikki Setälä,
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
Costanza Scopetani,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Heikki Setälä,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Stephan Pflugmacher,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Stephan Pflugmacher,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Maranda Esterhuizen‐Londt,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
David Chelazzi,
Costanza Scopetani,
David Chelazzi,
Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli
Summary
Researchers examined self-contamination from cotton clothing during microplastic sampling of lake sediment, snow, and ice, finding that 25% of fibers in snow, 20% in ice, and 8% in sediment originated from the researchers' own sampling attire. The study demonstrates that self-contamination can meaningfully inflate microplastic counts and calls for standardised methodologies to prevent overestimation in field studies.
Study Type
Environmental
Self-contamination should not be underestimated when quantifying microplastics (MPs) in environmental matrices. Standardised and validated methodologies for MP sampling, extraction, and analysis are lacking. The various applications of plastics in our society have made them ubiquitous, even in clothing, rendering MP self-contamination inevitable. In the present study, we sampled lake sediment, snow, and ice, purposefully wearing red overalls composed of cotton; fibres from which we could quantify using Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), serving as an indication of possible self-contamination from clothes. The suitability of cotton as a representation of MP contamination was also evaluated. For all detected fibres, 25 ± 1%, 20 ± 7%, and 8 ± 6% for snow, ice, and sediment, respectively, originated from sampling attire. These findings demonstrate that self-contamination can play a significant role when quantifying MP pollution, highlighting that sampling conducted to date might have overestimated the presence of MP or even contaminated MP-free samples.