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Microplastic Identification and Abundance in the Freshwater Resource—A Lentic Body
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Researchers examined microplastic abundance and types in a freshwater lake ecosystem, finding that these tiny plastic particles are accumulating in inland water bodies and pose a growing environmental concern for both aquatic life and communities that rely on freshwater resources.
Plastic is becoming a major environmental threat with its continuously increasing deposition on earth. Nowadays plastic and its types are becoming a more concern. Despite this plastic pollution, microplastics are also contributing a harmful environmental cause. They...
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