Publications by authors named "Sage Sanders"
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- The REACH legislation in Europe restricts certain materials in tattoo inks, specifically banning Pigment Blue 15:3 and Pigment Green 7, and requires accurate ingredient labels.
- A study tested blue and green inks from five manufacturers claiming REACH compliance and found that 9 out of 10 inks failed to meet compliance, with four containing banned substances.
- The analysis also revealed mislabeling issues, such as the inclusion of unlisted ingredients like poly(ethylene glycol) and propylene glycol, highlighting the need for better manufacturing protocols and regulatory oversight.
Nanoplastics (nP) pose hazards to aquatic animals once they are ingested. Significant knowledge gaps exist regarding the nP translocation across the animal intestine, which is the first barrier between the ingested nP and the animal body. We examined the intestinal barrier crossing behavior of nP in an aquatic animal model () and determined the translocation mechanism with the help of model "core-shell" polystyrene nanoplastics (nPS) and confocal surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAs the human population grows, the anthropogenic impacts from various agricultural and industrial processes produce unwanted contaminants in the environment. The accurate, sensitive and rapid detection of such contaminants is vital for human health and safety. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) is a valuable analytical tool with wide applications in environmental contaminant monitoring.
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