Browsing NIVA Open Access Archive by Author "O'Brien, Stacey"
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Airborne emissions of microplastic fibres from domestic laundry dryers
O'Brien, Stacey; Okoffo, Elvis D.; O'Brien, Jake W.; Ribeiro, Francisca; Wang, Xianyu; Wright, Stephanie L.; Samanipour, Saer; Rauert, Cassandra; Yessenia Alajo Toapanta, Tania; Albarracin, Rizsa; Thomas, Kevin V (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)An emission source of microplastics into the environment is laundering synthetic textiles and clothing. Mechanical drying as a pathway for emitting microplastics, however, is poorly understood. In this study, emissions of ... -
Identification and quantification of selected plastics in biosolids by pressurized liquid extraction combined with double-shot pyrolysis gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
Okoffo, Elvis D.; Ribeiro, Francisca; O'Brien, Jake; O'Brien, Stacey; Tscharke, Benjamin; Gallen, Michael; Samanipour, Saer; Mueller, Jochen F.; Thomas, Kevin V (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The identification and quantification of selected plastics (polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC), poly-(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyethylene (PE) and polyvinyl ... -
Plastics in biosolids from 1950 to 2016: A function of global plastic production and consumption
Okoffo, Elvis D.; Donner, Erica; McGrath, Steve P.; Tscharke, Benjamin J.; O'Brien, Jake W.; O'Brien, Stacey; Ribeiro, Francisca; Burrows, Stephen D.; Toapanta, Tania; Rauert, Cassandra; Samanipour, Saer; Mueller, Jochen F.; Thomas, Kevin V (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Plastics are ubiquitous contaminants that leak into the environment from multiple pathways including the use of treated sewage sludge (biosolids). Seven common plastics (polymers) were quantified in the solid fraction of ...