Martedì 14 ottobre 2025 - Ore 10:30 - Aula 31
Dott. Dorte Herzke - Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Norway
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We still know little about the internal exposure of microplastic particles in the human body. Blood is a matrix suitable to understand circulating microplastic particles. To analyse microplastic in blood samples, we need robust and sensitive analytical methods to enable us to measure microplastic particles of a size range < 1000 μm. PyGC/MS/MS is both a sensitive and selective method well suited for this purpose, however, contamination from sampling and sample handling of human samples has to be reduced to ensure reliable data.
Dorte Herzke is a senior researcher at the Department for Climate and Environment at the Norwegian Institute for Public Health. She also holds an associated professor position at the University of Tromsø, Norway and at NILU. Dorte does research in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry with focus on the Arctic and human exposure. Her current projects cover both emerging PFAS and environmental fate and human exposure of plastic pollution and related chemicals together with POPs.