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Microplastics in urban areas: analysis of microplastics spreading potential from decommissioned landfill in Lichinga city, Mozambique, Southern Africa
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Researchers used stereomicroscopy to analyze microplastic distribution in soil samples collected near a decommissioned landfill in Lichinga, Mozambique, assessing the spatial spread of plastic contamination from an unmanaged waste site into surrounding urban soils.
Photographs taken under a stereomicroscope for the analysis of microplastics in soil.
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