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Data processing routines for European spacial surveys of microplastics in agricultural soil
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This paper is actually a set of technical tools, not a health study. It provides computer code that scientists can use to measure how much microplastic pollution is in European farm soils and compare it to levels known to harm the environment. This matters because farm soil health affects the food we eat, and better measurement tools help researchers track this pollution more accurately.
R script for calculating mass load of microplastics in agricultural soil in Europe. Including uncertainty analysis. R script for calculating excess rates of microplastics levels in soils against effect leves. Including uncertainty analysis. The script uses the spacial survey dataset of microplastic concentration from the PAPILLONS project.
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