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Unveiling Chemical Fingerprints: Applications of Advanced Machine Learning for Environmental Forensics in Plastic Pollution

Graphical abstract for the blog post Keywords: microplastics, non-targeted fingerprinting, clustering analyses, supervised machine learning. What are environmental forensics and chemical fingerprints? Looking at the term “fingerprints” or “forensics” in the title of this blog, it probably reminds you of a detective TV show that you have seen or a book that you have read,Continue reading “Unveiling Chemical Fingerprints: Applications of Advanced Machine Learning for Environmental Forensics in Plastic Pollution”

The Hidden Side of Plastic Pollution: Tracking Chemical Additives in Ontario Waters

Keywords: Plastic Additives, Passive Sampling, Persistent, Mobile, and Toxic, Water Pollution My interest in environmental chemistry began during my undergraduate thesis, where I studied how different types of microplastics weather in the environment. Watching these plastics slowly break down and transform in different environments sparked a lasting curiosity about what they release and how thoseContinue reading “The Hidden Side of Plastic Pollution: Tracking Chemical Additives in Ontario Waters”