The IPCP hosted a series of webinars, for a UNEP project, on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and POP candidates in plastics. Part I of this webinar series provided an overview on relevant POP groups (and other chemicals of concern) in plastics and some insights into related human exposure and environmental pollution including biota. Part II introduced screening and sampling strategies of plastic categories potentially containing POPs, such as plastics in electronics and vehicles or recycled pellets. Part III introduced extraction and clean-up methods of plastic samples for POP analysis as well as the instrumental analysis of the major POP groups.
Recordings are available here.
IPCP Webinar Series: POPs in plastic and monitoring approaches