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<h1 style='margin-top:0cm;background:white'><b><font size=6
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/025/547/original/BabyLegs-meopar_shot-SM.jpg"><font
color="#0056b3" face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#0056B3;
background:white;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=800 height=533
id="_x0000_i1043" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D53D6E.77004160" class=rounded></span></font></a></span></font></b><font
color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span style='font-family:"Junction Light";
color:#212529;font-weight:normal'></span><span style='font-variant-ligatures: normal;
font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;float:none;
word-spacing:0px'> <span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></h1>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>BabyLegs is a research trawl (net system) for monitoring
plastic pollution, especially microplastics, in surface water.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:20.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>BabyLegs </span></font></b><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:moderators@publiclab.org?subject=Reporting+spam+on+Public+Lab&body=Hi,+I+found+this+item+that+looks+like+spam+or+needs+to+be+moderated:+BabyLegs+https://publiclab.org/n/16667+by+https://publiclab.org/profile/maxliboiron+Thanks!"
title=""></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs">https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<h2 style='margin-top:0cm;background:white'><b><font size=5 color="#212529"
face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'>Microplastics </span></font></b><font
size=4 color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
font-family:"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#Microplastics" style='box-sizing: border-box'></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";
color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Of the
5.25 trillion pieces of marine plastics in the world’s oceans, 92% are
microplastics less that 5mm in size (Eirksen et al 2014), allowing them to be
easily ingested by marine life as small as plankton (Cole et al 2013). Scientists
are concerned that because plastics absorb up to a million times more chemicals
than surrounding waters (Mato et al 2001), widespread ingestion means that
toxicants that accumulate in animals can magnify up food webs, causing a
potential threat to human health (Rochman et al 2013, Teuten et al 2009). This
makes microplastics an environmental justice issue as people who eat marine
mammals or who depend upon fish for sustenance are more likely to carry high
toxic burdens. (text </span></font><font color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://civiclaboratory.nl/2015/05/31/babylegs/" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>from
civiclaboratory.nl</span></font></a></span></font><font color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h2 style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
0.5rem;color:inherit;font-size:2rem'><b><font size=5 color="#212529"
face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'>Design goals </span></font></b><font
size=4 color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
font-family:"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#Design+goals" style='box-sizing: border-box'></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";
color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Created
with baby’s tights, soda pop bottles, and other inexpensive and easy to
find materials that cost ~$20, Babylegs can be used to trawl for floating
microplastics from the surface of the water. She can be used with a boat
(motorized going as fast as 5 knots in calm water, or human-propelled such as a
canoe or paddle board), or by being tied off on a bridge or pier for passive
sampling. BabyLegs mimics the type of samples collected by the more expensive ($3500) </span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manta_trawl" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>Manta
Trawl</span></font></a></span></font><font color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>: floating </span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>microplastics</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'> between 5mm-1mm in size.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Originally
designed by </span></font><font color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://civiclaboratory.nl/2015/05/31/babylegs/" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>Max
Liboiron at the activist science laboratory CLEAR</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'> for sampling in <st1:State w:st="on">Newfoundland</st1:State>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Labrador</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
 w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>, BabyLegs is specifically
built with items that are easy to come by in northern, rural communities. But
the design supports hacks, replacements, and innovations that suit local needs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Community
and NGO groups have had success using BabyLegs to gather samples. The main
expertise bottleneck is not in building or using BabyLegs, but in interpreting
the samples. Microplastics are very hard to visually identify, since many
things like rocks, bones, and organics look like plastics, and tiny plastics
can be hard to see at all. The activity guides below are divided into sections
on </span></font><font color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/building-babylegs-surface-water-trawl"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>building the BabyLegs trawl</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'>, </span></font><font color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/how-to-use-babylegs"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>deploying BabyLegs in the water</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'>, </span></font><font color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-process-microplastic-samples-from-a-trawl"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>processing the sample</span></font></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'> in a kitchen, school, or laboratory whereby the plastics
are sorted from the organics, and finally </span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-analyze-plastics-forensically"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>forensically analyzing the
microplastics</span></font></a></span></font><font color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'> so
you can learn about the pollution in your waters.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/i/25546" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'><img border=0
width=1067 height=940 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D53D6E.77004160"
alt=Microplastics-nickel-Hudson-BBL-2015-SM.jpg></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>The
image above shows some of the microplastics BabyLegs captured in the Hudson
River, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h2 style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
0.5rem;color:inherit;font-size:2rem'><b><font size=5 color="#212529"
face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'>Questions </span></font></b><font
size=4 color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
font-family:"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#Questions" style='box-sizing: border-box'></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";
color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Q: Can
I change materials on the trawl, or change the design? A: Of course! The only
thing you have to make sure of is that the mouth of the trawl is always half in
the water and half out. It cannot dive or skip over the water. Also beware of
any materials that might put more plastic into the ocean or into the sample
(plastic 3D printing, fleece, and plastic thread are particularly bad for
this). Also, the design outlined here has been tested in a variety of waters. New
designs might not behave as well in choppy water, at higher speeds, or in wind.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Q:
What sort of data does a sample from BabyLegs yield?<br style='box-sizing: border-box'>
A: Things you can know from a sample:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<ul type=disc style='box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem'>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212529;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><font
     size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
     12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>The types of plastics (fragments, films,
     beads, threads, etc) that are in a body of water.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212529;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><font
     size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
     12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>The relative frequency of each type of
     plastic compared to others (perhaps you have a lot of fishing gear, but
     not many microbeads compared to other places)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212529;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><font
     size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
     12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>The relative hotspots for plastics if you
     do sample strategically in different areas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212529;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><font
     size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
     12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>Whether there are more or fewer plastics
     after rainfall events if you trawl before and immediately after rainfalls.
     This can include other temporal events that you think are adding plastics
     to your water (storms, tourist festivals, seasons).<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>You will not
know:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<ul type=disc style='box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:1rem'>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212529;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><font
     size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
     12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>Where the plastics come from. They might be
     local, or they might have come from far away.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212529;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><font
     size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
     12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>How long plastics have been in the water. Some
     things can get tossed around in strong waves and look beat up after short
     periods of time, while plastics that sink can look pristine after years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
 <li class=MsoNormal style='color:#212529;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
     auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box'><font
     size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
     12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>About plastics that are smaller than 1mm. You
     might be able to see some, but research has shown that 1mm is the smallest
     cut off size that human eyes can reliably identify a plastic.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Q: Has
BabyLegs been validated?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white'><font size=3 color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'>A. Yes and no. BabyLegs has been validated in laboratory
settings to ensure that water flows freely through the device and does not
"choke" on water. It is also how we determined that 5 knots is the maximum
speed. However, BabyLegs has not been validated against another trawl to ensure
she collects samples identical to scientific standards like the manta trawl. Stay
tuned-- we should have it done by the end of fall 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>Other
questions are answered in the guides below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white'><font size=3 color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'><a href="https://publiclab.org/i/25729"><font color="#007bff"><span
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=1402 height=793
id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.gif@01D53D6E.77004160"
alt="Screen_Shot_2018-07-17_at_6.18.49_PM.png"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'>This
image shows BabyLegs in action. You can see that part of the trawl is
underwater and some is above water, allowing the trawl to capture things
floating on the surface.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h2 style='margin-top:0cm;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
0.5rem;color:inherit;font-size:2rem'><b><font size=5 color="#212529"
face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'>Activities </span></font></b><font
size=4 color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span style='font-size:14.5pt;
font-family:"Junction Light";color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#Activities" style='box-sizing: border-box'></a></span></font><font
color="#212529" face="Junction Light"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";
color:#212529;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>

<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white;box-sizing: border-box;margin-bottom:
1rem;max-width: 100%'><font size=3 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/06-15-2019/babylegs-in-the-classroom"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span style='color:#007BFF;
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=237 id="_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:image004.jpg@01D53D6E.77004160" alt=image class="img-fluid grid-image"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h4 style='margin:7.5pt;background:white'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/06-15-2019/babylegs-in-the-classroom"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff" face="Junction Light"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";color:#007BFF;font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none'>BabyLegs in the classroom</span></font></a></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB> </span><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#%3Ca+href=%22/notes/maxliboiron/06-15-2019/babylegs-in-the-classroom%22+style=%22padding-top:+0px%22%3EBabyLegs+in+the+classroom%3C/a%3E"
style='box-sizing: border-box'></a><font size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>by </span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/profile/maxliboiron" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>maxliboiron</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> about 1 month ago | </span></font><font size=2
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/06-15-2019/babylegs-in-the-classroom#comments"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'> 0</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> | 72 </span></font><span class=d-noned-md-inline><font
size=2 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><span style='box-sizing: border-box'>views</span></span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> |  1 |</span></font><font face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h4>

<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/how-to-use-babylegs"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span style='color:#007BFF;
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=152 id="_x0000_i1029"
src="cid:image005.gif@01D53D6E.77004160" alt=image class="img-fluid grid-image"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h4 style='margin:7.5pt;background:white'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/how-to-use-babylegs"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff" face="Junction Light"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";color:#007BFF;font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none'>How to use BabyLegs</span></font></a></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB> </span><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#%3Ca+href=%22/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/how-to-use-babylegs%22+style=%22padding-top:+0px%22%3EHow+to+use+BabyLegs%3C/a%3E"
style='box-sizing: border-box'></a> <font size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>by </span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/profile/maxliboiron" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>maxliboiron</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> about 1 year ago | </span></font><font size=2
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/how-to-use-babylegs#comments"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'> 2</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> |  228</span></font><span class=d-noned-md-inline><font
size=2 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><span style='box-sizing: border-box'>views</span></span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> |  4 |</span></font><font face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h4>

<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-analyze-plastics-forensically"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span style='color:#007BFF;
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=332 id="_x0000_i1030"
src="cid:image006.jpg@01D53D6E.77004160" alt=image class="img-fluid grid-image"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h4 style='margin:7.5pt;background:white'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-analyze-plastics-forensically"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff" face="Junction Light"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";color:#007BFF;font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none'>How to analyze plastics forensically </span></font></a></span></font></b><font
size=4><span style='font-size:14.5pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#%3Ca+href=%22/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-analyze-plastics-forensically%22+style=%22padding-top:+0px%22%3EHow+to+analyze+plastics+forensically+%3C/a%3E"
style='box-sizing: border-box'></a></span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:14.5pt'> </span></font><font size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>by </span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/profile/maxliboiron" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>maxliboiron</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> 12 months ago | </span></font><font size=2
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-analyze-plastics-forensically#comments"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'> 2</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> |  568</span></font><span class=d-noned-md-inline><font
size=2 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><span style='box-sizing: border-box'>views</span></span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> |  6 |</span></font><font face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h4>

<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-process-microplastic-samples-from-a-trawl"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span style='color:#007BFF;
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=160 id="_x0000_i1031"
src="cid:image007.gif@01D53D6E.77004160" alt=image class="img-fluid grid-image"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h4 style='margin:7.5pt;background:white'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-process-microplastic-samples-from-a-trawl"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff" face="Junction Light"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";color:#007BFF;font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none'>How to process microplastic samples from a trawl</span></font></a></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB> </span><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.5pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#%3Ca+href=%22/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-process-microplastic-samples-from-a-trawl%22+style=%22padding-top:+0px%22%3EHow+to+process+microplastic+samples+from+a+trawl%3C/a%3E"
style='box-sizing: border-box'></a></span></font><font size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>by </span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/profile/maxliboiron" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>maxliboiron</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> 12 months ago | </span></font><font size=2
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-19-2018/how-to-process-microplastic-samples-from-a-trawl#comments"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'> 0</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> |  475</span></font><span class=d-noned-md-inline><font
size=2 color="#212529" face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI";color:#212529'><span style='box-sizing: border-box'>views</span></span></font></span><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> |  4 |</span></font><font face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Segoe UI"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h4>

<p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><font size=3 color="#212529"
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI";
color:#212529'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/building-babylegs-surface-water-trawl"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span style='color:#007BFF;
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=204 id="_x0000_i1032"
src="cid:image008.jpg@01D53D6E.77004160" alt=image class="img-fluid grid-image"></span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<h4 style='margin:7.5pt;background:white'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/building-babylegs-surface-water-trawl"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff" face="Junction Light"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Junction Light";color:#007BFF;font-weight:normal;
text-decoration:none'>Building BabyLegs (surface water trawl)</span></font></a></span></font></b><span
lang=EN-GB> </span><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.5pt'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/wiki/babylegs#%3Ca+href=%22/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/building-babylegs-surface-water-trawl%22+style=%22padding-top:+0px%22%3EBuilding+BabyLegs+(surface+water+trawl)%3C/a%3E"
style='box-sizing: border-box'></a></span></font><font size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'>by </span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/profile/maxliboiron" style='box-sizing: border-box'><font
color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'>maxliboiron</span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 face="Segoe UI"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:
"Segoe UI"'> about 1 year ago | </span></font><font size=2
face="Segoe UI"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI"'><a
href="https://publiclab.org/notes/maxliboiron/07-17-2018/building-babylegs-surface-water-trawl#comments"
style='box-sizing: border-box'><font color="#007bff"><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:#007BFF;text-decoration:none'> 3</span></font></a></span></font><font
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