Microplastics Differ Between Indoor and Outdoor Air Masses: Insights from Multiple Microscopy Methodologies

• Published in: Applied spectroscopy p. 3702820920652
• Main Authors: Gaston, Emily, Woo, Mary, Steele, Clare, Sukumaran, Suja, Anderson, Sean
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2020
• Subjects: polymer; waste; Nile red; inhalation; Pollution; ecotoxicology; FT-IR; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Raman; microspectroscopy; air quality

The abundance and distribution of microplastic (<5 mm) has become a growing concern, particularly over the past decade. Research to date has focused on water, soil, and organism matrices but generally disregarded air. We explored airborne microplastic inside and outside of buildings in coastal Ca...