Subject Area:	Environmental Science
More specific subject area:	Air pollution
Method name:	Method for sampling microfibers and microplastics in air
Name and reference of original method:	Abbasi S., Keshavarzi B., Moore F., Turner A., Kelly F.J., Dominguez A.O., Jaafarzadeh N. (2019) Distribution and potential health impacts of microplastics and microrubbers in air and street dusts from Asaluyeh County, Iran. Environmental Pollution 244, 153-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.039
Resource availability:	•Metal tweezers; •Glass beakers; •Glass Petri dish; •Glass pipette; •Glass filtration system; •Filtration pump; •Aluminum foil; •Quartz fiber filters (Whatman QMA); •Glass fiber filters (Whatman GF/CTM); •Sterile gloves (Naturflex® Powder-free Nitrile, Bimedica). Solutions: •Ultrapure water (Elix®); •30 % hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) (Labkem); •1.6 g cm−3 sodium iodide (NaI) (Sigma-Aldrich). Equipment •Portable active air samplers (AirMetrics model MinVolTM TAS); •Laminar flow hood; •Vortex; •Stereomicroscope (Leica DMS300). Software •ImageJ.