Analysis of Microplastics in Water
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The analysis of microplastics (MPs) pollution in water is identified as one major problems the world is currently facing. Nowadays, it is estimated that annually almost 4 million tones of plastic go into the seas and oceans. In this respect, characterisation of MPs in waters is still one of the remaining challenges because they can be easily confused with organic or other types of matter. In this short course, techniques and instrumentation for MPs analysis using Raman, FT-IR , microscopies, pyrolysis and thermal desorption GC/MS, , LC/MS/MS nd MALDI-TOF-MS will be discussed. Attention to the greenness of the different analytical methods applied such as the consumption of solvents and energy during MPs analysis will be discussed . Case studies on MP determination in water from Europe, US, China, India and Middle East will be reported. Toxic effects of MPs to aquatic biota will be discussed too. Lastly, the increased MPs pollution after Covid-19 outbreak by the use of masks, gloves and related plastic medical equipment will be highlighted.
Y Picó and D.Barcelo, Analysis and prevention of MPs pollution in water: current perspectives and future directions, ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 6709-6719.
Y.Picó and D. Barceló, Analysis of MPs and nanoplastics: How green are the methodologies used, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2021, 31, 100503
. Picó, V. Soursoua, A.H. Alfarhan, M.A. El-Sheikh, D. Barceló, First evidence of MPs occurrence in mixed surface and treated wastewater from two major Saudi Arabian cities and assessment of their ecological risk, J. Haz. Mat. 416 (2021) 125747.
Patrício Silva, AL, Prata, JC, Duarte, AC, Barcelò D and Rocha-Santos, TAn urgent call to think globally and act locally on landfill disposable plastics under and after covid-19 pandemic: Pollution prevention and technological (Bio) remediation solutions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 426 (2021), 131201
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Instructor: Damia Barcelo - ICRA-CERCA
Biography: Barcelo obtained a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Barcelona in 1984. He is currently working as a research professor at the Institute of Environmental Diagnosis and Water Studies (IDAEA) in Barcelona that is run by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Appointed Director of the Catalan institute for water research (ICRA-CERCA) in Girona in 2008. 2017 Full Professor Chair in Biology. College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Distinguished Scientist Fellowship Program. 2021 Foreign Expert of East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai, China, 2022-023, Foreign Expert at the Department of School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China and from 2022-2026, Adjunct Professor in Sustainability Cluster, (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India H index 157 (Research.com) with over 107K citations , Coeditor in Chief of STOTEN and Methods X, form Elsevier.. This course took place since 2005
Course Outline:
1. Introduction to Microplastics (MPs), types of MPs, polymer composition,
2.Plastic litter from rivers to the sea.
3.Sampling, Sample preparation and Clean up of MPs in water.
4.Identification, Size Distribution, Quantification and Confirmation .
5.Microscopy, FT-IR and RAMAN, pyrolisis GC-MS, LC-High Resolution MS, MALDI-TOF-MS. First inter-laboratory studies.
6.Considerations about Green Analytical chemistry protocols applied to the analysis of MPs in water.
7.Case studies of occurrence and fate of MPs in Europe, US, Latin America, India, Middle East and China
8.Toxicology of MPs to aquatic biota
9. Increased plastic pollution pollution after COVID-19 pandemic
10.Final remarks on analysis of plastics in the total environment, plastic remediation, green plastics and citizen science
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Participants should have some general knowledge about the general procedure in a chemical analytical laboratory for trace organics. Fundamental l knowledge and principles of on mass spectrometric and spectroscopic techniques is as well required.. This is an ideal course for PhD students that want to learn more about the analysis of microplastics (MPs) in water. The course is as well a good fit for chemists that plan to change jobs and move towards the analysis of MPs in water.
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Analysis of Microplastics in Water
Damia Barcelo - ICRA-CERCA
Analysis of Microplastics in Water
Description
Session Number: SC166
Session Type: Short Courses
Session Date: Monday 3/20/2023
Session Time: 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Room Number: Short Course Office 108B
Track: Environmental
Category: Environmental, Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Microscopy/EM/Optical
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