Browsing by Author "Muniategui, Soledad"
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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 ... -
A Simple Method for the Determination of Triazines from Seawater in Accordance with the Directive 2013/39/EU
Beceiro-González, Elisa; González-Castro, María-José; Muniategui, Soledad (Springer Nature, 2020-06-09)[Abstract] Since the Directive 2013/39/EU included terbutryn to the list of priority substances of all water bodies, a previous method based on dispersive liquid–liquid micro-extraction (DLLME) for the determination of ... -
A Synthetic Quality Index to Evaluate the Functional Stability of Soil Microbial Communities After Perturbations
Picariello, Enrica; Baldantoni, Daniela; Muniategui, Soledad; Concha-Graña, Estefanía; De Nicola, Flavia (Elsevier, 2021-05-28)[Abstract] Soil stability includes both resistance, the ability to withstand a perturbation or stress, and resilience, the ability to recover to pre perturbation levels. The functional stability of soil microbial communities ... -
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 ... -
Comparison of Microplastic Type, Size, and Composition in Atmospheric and Foliage Samples in an Urban Scenario
Falakdin, Parisa; López-Rosales, Adrián; Andrade-Garda, José Manuel; Terzaghi, Elisa; Di Guardo, Antonio; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2024-04-17)[Abstract] The rising trend of plastic production in last years and the inadequate disposal of related waste has raised concerns regarding microplastic-related environmental issues. Microplastic particles disperse by means ... -
Development of a Dispersive Liquid–Liquid Microextraction Method for the Determination of Plastic Additives in Seawater
González-Castro, María-José; Uribe-Ares, Jaime; Muniategui, Soledad; Beceiro-González, Elisa (Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), 2024-02-26)[Abstract] A method using dispersive liquid–liquid microextraction (DLLME) prior to high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD) was developed to determine seven additives from the plastics ... -
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 a Matrix Solid Phase Dispersion Methodology for the Determination of Triazine Herbicides in Marine Sediments
Rodríguez-González, Noelia; González-Castro, María-José; Beceiro-González, Elisa; Muniategui, Soledad (Elsevier, 2017-03-17)[Abstract] A method based on Matrix Solid Phase Dispersion (MSPD) for the determination of nine triazines in marine sediments was optimized in terms of dispersant agents, co-sorbents and elution solvents. Three dispersing ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Filtration of Biopolymer PHB Particles Loaded With Synthetic Musks Does Not Cause Significant Bioaccumulation in Marine Mussels
Vidal-Liñán, Leticia; Moscoso Pérez, Carmen María; Laranjeiro, Filipe; Muniategui, Soledad; Beiras, Ricardo (Elsevier, 2023-03-03)[Abstract] The role of the biopolymer polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB, <250 µm) as a vehicle of a synthetic musks mixture (celestolide, galaxolide, tonalide, musk xylene, musk moskene and musk ketone) to Mytilus galloprovincialis ... -
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 ...
