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Evaluation of Different Metrics to Study Microplastics as an Environmental Forensic Tool
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Researchers evaluated different measurement metrics and forensic tools for tracking where microplastics come from and how they move through the environment. Standardizing how microplastics are measured and traced is essential for identifying pollution sources and holding industries accountable.
Since the plastic frenzy began during the last century, the contamination of air, water, soil, and biota with microplastics, the degraded metabolites of plastics, has become a subject of environmental research. Resolving the issue requires the tracking of...
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