Small Particles Task Force: Minimization of Contamination – Current Status (RIT)
The current SPTF team at RIT (Eddingsaas, Hernandez, Routenberg) has been working on blank testing of proposed analysis workflows to extract < 53 µm microplastics from lake water samples, with a goal of ensuring low contamination levels in the workflow prior to analyzing field samples. Field water samples were collected from Lake Ontario throughout 2025…