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Microplastics: an emerging contaminant in the Saigon River, Vietnam
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This international study documented microplastics as an emerging contaminant in the Saigon River in Vietnam, finding plastic particles in a major Southeast Asian urban waterway and contributing to growing evidence of widespread microplastic pollution across tropical river systems.
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