Microplastic Extraction from Agricultural Soils Using Canola Oil and Unsaturated Sodium Chloride Solution and Evaluation by Incineration Method

Environmental pollution by microplastics (MPs) has become a global problem, but little is known about MPs in soils. This is because MP extraction methods from soils have not yet been standardized. In this study, we tried to establish a simple and economical method to extract soil MPs using the buoya...

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Published in:	Soil Systems
Main Authors:	Andrei Kononov, Motoya Hishida, Kazuki Suzuki, Naoki Harada
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Subjects:	agricultural soil canola oil density separation microplastic oil extraction spiking and recovery test
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/6/2/54