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Investigation of Microplastics Presence in the Dambovita River
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Researchers investigated the presence and distribution of microplastics in the Dambovita River, contributing to growing evidence of plastic pollution in freshwater systems across Romania.
In recent years, plastic pollution has been brought more and more to the attention of scientists and the general public alike by the increasing number of studies regarding the insidious presence of microplastics in every aspect of human life and in the en
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