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Comment on “Comparison of Detection Methods of Microplastics in Landfill Mineralized Refuse and Selection of Degradation Degree Indexes”
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This correspondence comments on a previous paper about detecting microplastics in landfill sediments, raising methodological concerns about how degradation degree is measured. Scientific discourse on detection methods is important for improving the reliability of microplastic research.
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVCorrespondence/Rebut...Correspondence/RebuttalNEXTComment on "Comparison of Detection Methods of Microplastics in Landfill Mineralized Refuse and Selection of Degradation Degree Indexes"Zheng Hao*Zheng HaoState Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China*Phone: +86882210; email: [email protected]More by Zheng Haohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6905-3544 and Qianhong WangQianhong WangState Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaMore by Qianhong WangCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 2, 1469–1470Publication Date (Web):January 5, 2022Publication History Published online5 January 2022Published inissue 18 January 2022https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c07391https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07391article-commentaryACS PublicationsCopyright © 2022 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views1858Altmetric-Citations3LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (505 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Degradation,Depolymerization,Monomers,Oligomers,Separation science Get e-Alerts
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