Karen Noda Morishita, Vinicius Sarracini Santos, Camila Leite Madeira, Mariana Amaral Dias, Cassiana Carolina Montagner
Analytical Chemistry Department, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Contact: k171389@dac.unicamp.br; ccmonta@unicamp.br
Microplastics (plastic particles <5 mm) are ubiquitous. Imidacloprid and hexazinone are pesticides usually found in surface waters of agricultural activity areas. We studied the interaction of polyethylene microplastic (PE) with both of these pesticides in ultrapurified and surface and ground water collected from a waterbody surrounded by sugarcane crops in Campinas, SP (Brazil) where these pesticides have been reported.