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Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils
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This is a dataset entry associated with a study finding that microplastics and nanoplastics added to agricultural soils barely enhanced the mobility of co-occurring contaminants. The underlying research suggests that plastic particles in soil may not dramatically increase the spread of chemical pollutants through soil systems.
Dataset for OA publication "Microplastics and nanoplastics barely enhance contaminant mobility in agricultural soils" in Communications Earth & Environment
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