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Ecological Risks and Environmental Fate of Microplastic Pollution

2023

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Researchers examined the ecological risks and environmental fate of microplastics in marine systems, tracing the pathways through which plastic pollutants disperse, accumulate, and exert toxic effects on marine biota.

Microplastics exert perilous ecological effects and meet their fates through various routes in the marine environment. Microplastic pollutants tend to

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