Cordula Sonja Witzig, Corinna Földi, Katharina Wörle, Peter Habermehl, Marco Pittroff, Yanina Katharina Müller, Tim Lauschke, Peter Fiener, Georg Dierkes, Korbinian Freier, Nicole Zumbülte
Apart from being considered a potential threat to ecosystems and human health, the ubiquity of microplastics presents analytical challenges. There is a high risk of sample contamination during sampling, sample preparation and analysis. In this study, the potential of sample contamination or misinterpretation due to substances associated to disposable laboratory gloves or reagents used during sample preparation, was investigated. Leachates of ten different types of disposable gloves were analysed using Raman microspectroscopy (µ-Raman), Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy (µ-FTIR) and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (pyr GC/MS)...
September 3, 2020: Environmental Science & Technology