Revisión de métodos de muestreo, detección, caracterización de microplásticos y control de calidad en columna de agua y sedimentos

Andrea Arredondo-Navarro; Deborah Xanat Flores-Cervantes

doi:10.24850/j-tyca-14-03-10

Autores/as

Andrea Arredondo-Navarro Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Puebla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4118-5588
Deborah Xanat Flores-Cervantes Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Alimentos y Ambiental, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Puebla, México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0417-9808

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24850/j-tyca-14-03-10

Palabras clave:

microplásticos, metodología, comparación, contaminantes emergentes

Resumen

Los microplásticos (MPs) ya se consideran como contaminantes emergentes debido a que se encuentran en todos los cuerpos de agua que se han analizado y a que pueden tener efectos adversos en la salud humana. Estimar la cantidad y el tipo de MPs en aguas superficiales es relevante para poder entender la problemática. Sin embargo, aún no se tiene una metodología establecida para la determinación cuantitativa y cualitativa de estos contaminantes en medios acuáticos y por esta falta de estandarización la comparación entre artículos se vuelve complicada. Una metodología estándar podría hacer que futuras investigaciones se enfoquen a la resolución del problema. La presente revisión expone ventajas y limitantes de los diferentes métodos de muestro, detección y caracterización de MPs en agua y sedimentos, con el fin de que futuras investigaciones experimentales de microplásticos puedan utilizar los métodos expuestos en la literatura de manera informada.

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