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Microplastic - an emerging contaminant of potential concern?
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
2007
51 citations
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Mark A. Oakley Browne,
Tamara S. Galloway,
Richard Thompson
Summary
This paper raises early concerns about microplastics as an emerging environmental contaminant of potential concern, though limited abstract detail is available. The framing of microplastics as a newly recognized pollutant reflects the field's early recognition of the need for systematic study of plastic particle contamination.
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