Read Older Microplastic Projects

ISTC leans on their decades of contamiant research experience to investigate microplastics pollution in various novel environments.

Microplastics as an Exposure Source for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Marine Biota Specific to Lake Muskegon (2020) - The researchers found that these POPs are capable of accumulating on microplastics, but the concentrations generally were low.
Microplastics Detected in Groundwater (2018) - Low concentrations of microplastics are present in Illinois’ karst groundwater. This study was the first time that microplastics were detected in fractured limestone aquifers.