Browsing by Author "López-Mahía, P."
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A Green Approach for the Automatic Quantitative Analysis of Additives in Plastic Samples Using In-Tube Extraction Dynamic Headspace Sampling Technique Coupled to GC-MS/MS
Concha-Graña, Estefanía; Moscoso Pérez, Carmen María; Fernández-González, V.; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2024-05-08)[Abstract] Background: Many of the chemicals frequently used as additives have been recognised as hazardous substances, and therefore their analysis is necessary to evaluate plastic contamination risk. Additives analysis ... -
A Low-Cost System to Simulate Environmental Microplastic Weathering
Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; Fernández-González, V.; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2019-12)[Abstract] Society concerns about the potential thread of microplastics into the environment call for detailed laboratory and field studies to assess their fate, in particular, their weathering. This can hardly be done in ... -
A Multi-Residue Method for the Analysis of Organic Pollutants Released from Atmospheric pm2.5 in Simulated Biological Fluids: Inhalation Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability Estimation
Sánchez-Piñero, Joel; Novo-Quiza, Natalia; Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Muniategui, Soledad; López-Mahía, P. (Elsevier, 2023-10-04)[Abstract] Background: In recent decades, there has been a growing interest within the scientific community regarding the study of the fraction that could be released in simulated biological fluids to estimate in vitro ... -
A Reliable Method for the Isolation and Characterization of Microplastics in Fish Gastrointestinal Tracts Using an Infrared Tunable Quantum Cascade Laser System
López-Rosales, Adrián; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; Fernández-González, V.; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2022-03-26)[Abstract] Societal and environmental concern due to frequent reports of microplastics in fish stomachs raised as they may accumulate along the trophic chain. The request for analysing microplastics in fish stresses two ... -
A Reliable Method to Determine Airborne Microplastics Using Quantum Cascade Laser Infrared Spectrometry
López-Rosales, Adrián; Ferreiro, Borja; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; Fernández-Amado, María; González-Pleiter, Miguel; López-Mahía, P.; Rosal, Roberto; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2024-01-05)[Abstract] The number of studies dealing with airborne microplastics (MPs) is increasing but sampling and sample treatment are not standardized, yet. Here, a fast and reliable method to characterize MPs is presented. It ... -
Adsorption of Pesticides and Personal Care Products on Pristine and Weathered Microplastics in the Marine Environment. Comparison Between Bio-Based and Conventional Plastics
Concha-Graña, Estefanía; Moscoso Pérez, Carmen María; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2022)[Abstract] The hydrophobicity of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) makes them adsorb on microplastics in the marine environment, affecting their distribution, persistence, or their transfer to the trophic chain. Fragrances ... -
Comparative Study of Atmospheric Water-Soluble Organic Aerosols Composition in Contrasting Suburban Environments in the Iberian Peninsula Coast
Duarte, Regina; Piñeiro-Iglesias, M.; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad; Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Silva, Artur M. S.; Duarte, A. C. (Elsevier, 2019-01-15)[Abstract] This study investigates the structural composition and major sources of water-soluble organic matter (WSOM) from PM2.5 collected, in parallel, during summer and winter, in two contrasting suburban sites at Iberian ... -
Development and Validation of a Multi-Pollutant Method for the Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Synthetic Musk Compounds and Plasticizers in Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM₂.₅)
Sánchez-Piñero, Joel; Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Moscoso Pérez, Carmen María; Fernández-González, V.; Prada-Rodríguez, Darío; López-Mahía, P. (Elsevier, 2021-07-18)[Abstract] Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) associated pollutants is a global concern due to the risk posed in human health after inhalation. In this study, a simple and sensitive multi-residue method is ... -
Development of a Fast and Efficient Method to Analyze Microplastics in Planktonic Samples
López-Rosales, Adrián; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; Grueiro-Noche, Gloria; Fernández-González, V.; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2021-04-22)[Abstract] Microplastics (MPs) affect plankton (a basis of the trophic chain) and planktivorous fish can ingest them through food confusion or by trophic transmission. Consensus to determine MPs in plankton is lacking and, ... -
Development of an Analytical Procedure to Analyze Microplastics in Edible Macroalgae Using an Enzymatic-Oxidative Digestion
López-Rosales, Adrián; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2022-08-30)[Abstract] Besides being food and a refuge to marine species, macroalgae are a powerful and renewable economic resource. However, they may introduce microplastics (MPs) in the trophic chain. We developed a reliable analytical ... -
ESCAPE: Environmental Sampling Campaigns for Aerosols and Precursor GasEs
Andrade-Garda, Javier; López-Mahía, P.; Piñeiro-Iglesias, M.; Suárez-Garaboa, Sonia; Álvarez Rodríguez, Antonio; Gómez-Moreno, Francisco J.; Artíñano, Begoña; Chas Álvarez, Lucía; Molero, Francisco (2020)[Abstract] Software to manage sampling campaigns on atmospheric aerosol in a comprehensive way: call and agreements on the campaigns, data upload and intra‐ and inter‐campaign data analysis, including those regarding not ... -
Evolution of Gaseous and Particulate Pollutants in the Air: What Changed after Five Lockdown Weeks at a Southwest Atlantic European Region (Northwest of Spain) Due to the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic?
Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Sánchez-Piñero, Joel; Fernández-Amado, María; Costa-Tomé, Paula; Gallego Fernández, Nuria; Piñeiro-Iglesias, M.; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (MDPI, 2021-04-27)[Abstract] Due to the exponential growth of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in Spain (2020), the Spanish Government adopted lockdown measures as mitigating strategies to reduce the spread of the pandemic from 14 March. In this ... -
Fast Quality Control of Natural Gas for Commercial Supply and Transport Utilities
Ferreiro, Borja; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad; Vázquez, Cristina; Pérez, Andrés; Rey, María; Vales Fernández, Carlos (Elsevier, 2021-07-28)[Abstract] Quality control of natural gas frequently relies on off-line slow standardized chromatographic techniques. Previous implementations of new measurement approaches focused of synthetic mixtures without extensive ... -
Gaseous and Speciated Particulate Emissions From the Open Burning of Wastes From Tree Pruning
Alves, Célia; Vicente, Estela D.; Evtyugina, Margarita; Vicente, Ana; Pio, Casimiro; Fernández-Amado, María; López-Mahía, P. (Elsevier, 2019-09-15)[Abstract] Open-air burning of wastes from tree pruning is a common practice in many regions worldwide. However, this practice degrades air quality and contributes to the greenhouse effect. Aiming at characterizing particle ... -
Impact of Weathering on the Chemical Identification of Microplastics From Usual Packaging Polymers in the Marine Environment
Fernández-González, V.; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2021-01-15)[Abstract] Most of the plastics produced worldwide are finally disposed into the environment, most of them being one-use plastic packaging. Once released, plastics may undergone degradation through several agents, such as ... -
In-Vitro Inhalation Bioavailability Estimation of Metal(Oid)S in Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Using Simulated Alveolar Lysosomal Fluid: A Dialyzability Approach
Novo-Quiza, Natalia; Sanromán-Hermida, Silvia; Sánchez-Piñero, Joel; Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Muniategui, Soledad; López-Mahía, P. (Elsevier, 2022-12-05)[Abstract] A novel in-vitro method, by using synthetic body fluids, human physiological conditions and a simulated air-blood barrier (by using a dialysis membrane) has been developed and applied to assess in-vitro inhalation ... -
Inhalation Bioaccessibility of Multi-Class Organic Pollutants Associated to Atmospheric PM2.5: Correlation with PM2.5 Properties and Health Risk Assessment
Sánchez-Piñero, Joel; Novo-Quiza, Natalia; Pernas-Castaño, Cristina; Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Muniategui, Soledad; López-Mahía, P. (Elsevier, 2022-06-07)[Abstract] Inhalation exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) represents a global concern due to the adverse effects in human health. In the last years, scientific community has been adopted the assessment of the ... -
Levels and Sources of Atmospheric Particle-Bound Mercury in Atmospheric Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) at Several Sites of an Atlantic Coastal European Region
Moreda-Piñeiro, Jorge; Rodríguez-Cabo, Adrián; Fernández-Amado, María; Piñeiro-Iglesias, M.; Muniategui, Soledad; López-Mahía, P. (MDPI, 2020-01)[Abstract] Atmospheric particle-bound mercury (PHg) quantification, at a pg m⁻³ level, has been assessed in particulate matter samples (PM₁₀) at several sites (industrial, urban and sub-urban sites) of Atlantic coastal ... -
Misidentification of PVC Microplastics in Marine Environmental Samples
Fernández-González, V.; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; López-Mahía, P.; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2022-04-30)[Abstract] Poly(vinylchloride), PVC, is the third most demanded polymer in Europe although its presence in marine ecosystems, surprisingly, is scarcely observed. This does not reflect neither its production nor its widespread ... -
Modeling the Natural Gas Knocking Behaviour Using Gas-Phase Infrared Spectra and Multivariate Calibration
Ponte, Santiago; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; Vázquez, Cristina; Ferreiro, Borja; Cobas, Carlos; Pérez, Andrés; Rey, María; Vales Fernández, Carlos; Pellitero, José; Santracruz, Blanca; Muniategui, Soledad; López-Mahía, P.; Shu, Bo; Bettin, Helga; Klaus, Daniela; Anders, Bert; Betz, Marius; Kühne, Ulf; Meier, Christian; Eilts, Peter (Elsevier, 2021-04-01)[Abstract] To assess the knocking properties of natural gas (NG) when it is used as fuel for vehicles is vital to optimize the design and functioning of their motors. Analytical efforts in this field are needed as the ...
