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Oct 2026
Emerging Contaminants: Microplastics and their Impacts on the Environment
Microplastics (MPs), generally defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 mm in their largest dimension. They are pervasive environmental contaminants due to their persistence, occurrence and diverse physicochemical properties. Their widespread distribution across terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric compartments, tog...
Vyomendra Chaturvedi, Virendra Kumar Mishra, Kavita Shah
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