Curated Microplastic Samples
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EMC-00001
Collection Date: 20September2020
Collection Location: 9th Ward of New Orleans near Holy Cross on the Mississippi River shoreline. Nurdles in this sample are from a bag of Dow Chemical microplastics recovered after the CMA CMG Bianca NOLA nurdle spill on August 2, 2020.
GPS Coordinates: 29.9537; -90.0186
Number of Specimens: uncounted
Collection Method: general survey of location to look for microplastics - found a whole bag.
EMC-00002
Collection Date: 24September2020
Collection Location: Carrolton neighborhood railroad tracks in Orleans Parish near the city of New Orleans.
GPS Coordinates: 29.4972; -90.13578
Number of Specimens: uncounted
Collection Method: general survey of location to look for microplastics.
EMC-00003
Collection Date: 24September2020
Collection Location: Misc. locations around New Orleans; most from Algiers Point; Orleans Parish “West Bank”.
GPS Coordinates: 29.955595; -90.054186
Number of Specimens: 154
Collection Method: highly diverse nurdles from Algiers Point segregated from clean up efforts by volunteers.
EMC-00004
Collection Date: 2020
Collection Location: Misc. locations around New Orleans; most from Piety Wharf near the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods; Orleans Parish.
GPS Coordinates: 29.955595; -90.054186
Number of Specimens: uncounted
Collection Method: microplastics from a clean up effort at Piety Wharf
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Curation of Environmental Microplastics Collection lots 00016 to 00088 (and subsequent lots) are in process. Stay tuned for updates!
EMC-00089
Collection Date: 22 May 2022
Collection Location: Railroad tracks in New Orleans under Elysian Fields bridge between the 7th and 8th Wards. Near Recycling Center.
GPS Coordinates: 29.985748; -90.058208
Number of Specimens: 96,680 (estimated based on weight)
Collection Method: go as fast as possible without getting hit by a train. These were collected in 3 minutes.
