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Microplastics and human health
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This brief commentary highlights that significant knowledge gaps still need to be filled before we can fully understand the health risks that microplastics pose to humans. It calls for more research to clarify how microplastic exposure may affect human health.
Knowledge gaps should be addressed to ascertain the health risks of microplastics
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