Separation and Analysis of Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Complex Environmental Samples

The vast amount of plastic waste emitted into the environment and the increasing concern of potential harm to wildlife has made microplastic and nanoplastic pollution a growing environmental concern. Plastic pollution has the potential to cause both physical and chemical harm to wildlife directly or via sorption, concentration, and transfer of other environmental contaminants to the wildlife that ingest plastic. Small particles of plastic pollution, termed microplastics (>100 nm and

• FO
  Faculty of Engineering, McGill University
• CF
  Canada Foundation for Innovation
• CR
  Canada Research Chairs
• NS
  Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• FA
  Fisheries and Oceans Canada