Cadmium, lead and bromine in beached microplastics.

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Massos, A, Turner, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Bromine; Cadmium; Flame retardants; Lead; Microplastics; Pellets; Fulmar; Northern Fulmar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9235; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.04.034

Samples of microplastic (n = 924) from two beaches in south west England have been analysed by field-portable-x-ray fluorescence (FP-XRF) spectrometry, configured in a low-density mode and with a small-spot facility, for the heavy metals, Cd and Pb, and the halogen, Br. Primary plastics in the form...