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Monitoring of Microplastic Pollution
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Researchers reviewed the growing problem of microplastic accumulation in marine ecosystems, finding that as plastics move up the food chain through bioaccumulation, they increasingly pose risks to seafood safety and human health through the fish and shellfish people eat.
Microplastic accumulation in marine ecosystem is the potential environmental hazard because of its adverse impacts on the marine life. Bioaccumulation and biomagnification of microplastic particles to the higher level in food chain is an associated serious concern....
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