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Synthesis of model polyethylene particles for the study of nanoplastics in the oceans
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Researchers synthesized model polyethylene nanoplastic particles to serve as reference materials for studying the behavior and fate of nanoplastics in ocean environments, addressing the gap created by the lack of standardized particles representative of naturally fragmented marine plastic debris.
Annually, 10 to 20 million tons of plastics find their way into oceans, where they undergo fragmentation into smaller debris through (photo)degradation. Nanoplastics ( Also see: https://micro2024.sciencesconf.org/557518/document
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