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Correction: Corrigendum: The presence of microplastics in commercial salts from different countries
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This brief notice is a correction to a previously published paper reporting microplastic contamination in commercial salts. The corrigendum addresses technical errors in the original study findings without changing the overall conclusion that microplastics are detectable in sea salt intended for human consumption.
This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/srep46173.
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