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Microplastic Beads Pollute Great Lakes

Chemical & Engineering News 2013 15 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
CHERYL HOGUE, CHERYL HOGUE

Summary

This news article reports on early findings of microplastic bead contamination in the Great Lakes, one of the world's largest freshwater systems, drawing attention to the then-novel discovery of microbeads from personal care products in freshwater environments. The article was published in 2013 when microplastic pollution in freshwater was only beginning to be recognized as a major issue.

RETURN TO ISSUEPREVNewsNEXTMicroplastic Beads Pollute Great LakesView Author Information C&EN WashingtonCite this: Chem. Eng. News 2013, 91, 37, 23–25Publication Date (Print):September 16, 2013Publication History Published online31 March 2014Published inissue 16 September 2013https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/cen-09137-govpol1https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-09137-govpol1newsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2013 Chemical & Engineering NewsArticle Views52Altmetric-Citations8LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options SUBJECTS:Plastics Get e-Alerts

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