Charlotte Himber

TL;DR: The protocol using a KOH 10% solution and incubation at 60 °C during a 24 h period led to an efficient digestion of biological tissues with no significant degradation on all tested polymers, except for cellulose acetate.

TL;DR: The present method is complementary to μ-Raman spectroscopy as Py-GC/MS identified pigment containing particles as plastic, and some fibers and all particles from sediment and sea surface were identified as plastic.

TL;DR: No significant Pearson or Spearman correlation was found between MP loads and plastic additives or HOC concentrations in bivalve tissues for the two species.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that seafood consumption presents a potential risk to human health in France and highlight the importance of tools for a preventive consumer protection policy.

TL;DR: This citizen science project provided preliminary data about the abundance and polymeric nature of MP along the Côte d’Opale coastline and found no difference in particle and fiber abundance between the different beaches and tide lines, except for Boulogne-sur-Mer, where the particle number was significantly different between tide lines.