WG2 Leaders
Lead
WG2
Description
WG2 aims to help European and developing countries to assess and develop harmonized monitoring methods and sampling procedures for different environmental matrices. WG2 is expected to identify the needs of the participants and leveraging existing methods and procedures. Guidelines will be established to improve scientific capabilities and help research laboratories to evaluate their procedures in line with best practices.
WG2 tasks include organization of interlaboratory tests to compare the most applied methods and to assess harmonized protocols and organization of proficiency tests on the standard protocols to help the laboratories to evaluate their procedures in line with the best practice.
WG2
Structure
Subgroup 1 – Water
Leader: dr. Carlos Marques, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal (carlos.marques@ua.pt)
Subgroup 2 – Soil / sludges / sediments
Leader: dr. Teresa Serra, Universitat de Girona, Spain (teresa.serra@udg.edu)
Subgroup 3 – Biological samples
Leader: prof. Serkan Gül, Tayyip Erdogan University, Turkey (serkan.gul@erdogan.edu.tr)
Subgroup 4 – Air
Leader: dr. Eion McGillicuddy, Technical University Dublin, Ireland (eoin.mcgillicuddy@tudublin.ie)
Subgroup 5 – Food
Leader: dr. Javier Borges, Universidad de la Laguna, Spain (jhborges@ull.edu.es)
WG2
Meetings
WG2 kick-off meeting, on-line (June 2022)
This meeting involved the establishment of the five different subgroups (Water; Soil/Sediment/Sludges; Biological Samples; Air; Food) and the selection of subgroup leaders for each. A WG2 Member Questionnaire was devised and circulated to all members of the WG.
2nd WG2 meeting, 28th November 2022, on-line
The meeting provided details of the funded STSMs associated with the WG2 and their outcomes. The subgroup leaders gave a presentation on their research and discussion took place on common aims. This included standardization and harmonization of methodologies for microplastics research and the identification of knowledge gaps.
3rd WG2 meeting, 19th September 2023, hybrid format (>70 attendees online), Brussels
Contributions from WG2 member demonstrated an easy-to-use and cheap extraction method for microplastic extraction from agricultural soils, the link between microplastic pollution with geochemical data to determine overall anthropogenic impact on soils and the correlative microscopy and spectroscopy analysis of microplastics.
The WG2 discussion included the development of harmonized sampling procedures, and the development of guidelines for extraction methods. It was decided that the 4th WG meeting would focus on Quality Control and Quality Assurance issues for microplastic analyses, specifically how to avoid contamination in the field and laboratory.
WG2
Completed or ongoing activities
- A review article on extraction methods is published: Rani M, Ducoli S, Depero LE, Proca M, Tubic A, Ademovic Z, Morrison L, Federici S. A complete guide to extraction methods of microplastics from complex environmental matrices, Molecules 28, 2023, 5710-5747
- Completed 7 STSMs related to the WG2
- 1 ITC Conference grant awarded
WG2
Future/planned activities
- Round table / workshop - contamination problems during sampling and extraction of MP
- 4th WG2 meeting, on-line, Topic: Development of guidelines for extraction methods
WG2
State of the art
WG2 participants
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