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Baseline Assessment of Microplastic Pollution at Eleko Beach, Lagos, Nigeria: Implications for Citizen-Science-Based Coastal Monitoring National Ocean Microplastics Monitoring Initiative (NOMMI)
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Researchers measured microplastic pollution at Eleko Beach in Lagos, Nigeria, establishing baseline data for this understudied Atlantic coastline. The study explores using citizen scientists to help monitor coastal microplastic levels as part of a national ocean monitoring initiative.
As plastic consumption accelerates across sub-Saharan Africa's rapidly urbanising coastlines, microplastic pollution has emerged as a critical environmental and public-health concern. Nigeria's Atlantic coast, servicing one of Africa's largest cities, remains profoundly understudied in peer-re...
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