| cadmium, lead and bromine in beached microplastics. | samples of microplastic (n = 924) from two beaches in south west england have been analysed by field-portable-x-ray fluorescence (fp-xrf) spectrometry, configured in a low-density mode and with a small-spot facility, for the heavy metals, cd and pb, and the halogen, br. primary plastics in the form of pre-production pellets were the principal type of microplastic (>70%) on both beaches, with secondary, irregularly-shaped fragments representing the remainder of samples. cadmium and pb were detect ... | 2017 | 28458244 |