Plastic pollutants in water environment
Nowadays, wide applications of plastics result in plastic waste being present in the water environment in a wide variety of sizes. Plastic wastes are in water mainly as microplastics (the size range of 1 nm to < 5 mm). Microplastics have been recognized as an emerging threat, as well as ecotoxico...
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| Language: | English |
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2017-12-01
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| Series: | Environmental Protection and Natural Resources |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/oszn-2017-0030 |