S2.6: I Saw Some Stuff Under the Microscope!!!!

 I Saw Some Stuff Under the Microscope!!!!

This week in internship, I started to run samples through the vacuum filter. So far, I have a total of seven samples (Shout out to everyone who collected and brought in a sample from their home!) and have tested four samples. The video above provides insight into the experimental process. Our attempt is to reduce contamination since theoretically, microfibers can be found in the air, and basically everywhere. With that being said, all the samples are ran in a laminar airflow. The first seven samples were collected in glass jars that contained black plastic caps, and this was due to lack of access to other collection containers.  Moving forward, we are now able to collect future samples in glass jars with metal lids to reduce water sample interaction with plastic. After running the four samples and analyzing them under the microscope, I saw what appeared to be microfibers in most of the water samples. I am looking forward to using non-plastic containers to collect and test more samples.